% replaces any number of letters (la% - lake, lamp)_ replaces one letter (ca_ - car, cat)

Other crossword clues for answer "ONOMATOPOEIA"

ONOMATOPOEIA
Concept central to 3 Down, 10 Down, 37 Down, and 41 Down
... using ___: "Mary had a wee lamb -- baa! / Its fleece was snowy -- whoosh!"
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, literarily
Ding-a-ling or ding-dong
Formation of words from natural sounds.
To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells . . .
PING-PONG
Formation of words such as hiss or buzz
Cuckoo or "whippoorwill," e.g.
Formation of words like "buzz" or "hiss"
Snap, crackle and pop, e.g.
20-, 26- or 46-Across, e.g.
*Words that come from clams
Buzz or "hiss," e.g.
Buzz or "pop," e.g.
Feature of "buzz" and "boing"