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A speech sound articulated with the back of the tongue against or approximated to the soft palate and the lips rounded; a labiovelar speech sound.
(a) adj. Anatomy behind or at the back of the velum or soft palate; spec. (Phonetics) articulated with the tongue against the rear half of the…