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ventriloquous
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ventriloquous, a. [L. ventriloquus a ventriloquist; venter the belly + loqui, p. p. locutus, to speak. See Ventral, and Loquacious.].
Of or pertaining to a ventriloquist or ventriloquism. [1913 Webster]
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