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Diphthong

two vowel sounds, following one another so closely as to form but one syllable, as in out, where the sound is really composed of a and u. Many double vowels in English are not real diphthongs, there being only one sound heard, whereas some single vowels have a diphthongal sound. The only real English diphthongs are i as in high; i in aye; oi in boil; ow in how; and ew in mew.

DIPLODOCUS (dip-lod'ō-kus), according to Marsh, a saurian-footed, herbivorous dinosaur found in the American

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