Word: stridor
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...more martial side, the Masters of the Universe offers us: "He-man," "She-ra," "Spydor Evil Stalker," "Stridor Horse" and "Evil Horde, Heroic & Evil Figures." The evil hordesmen cost $4.97 each and liberal portions of "Battle Bones" will set you back $8.97. If we conservatively define a horde as one thousand individuals, a small-scale conventional war would cost $5,450--there may be a manufacturer's rebate, I'm not sure...
...Natural History lately discovered that a cricket, outheifetzing Heifetz, makes a full-tone slur downward from the fifth "D" above middle "C" in one-fiftieth of a second. It makes four of these notes, separated by infinitesimal pauses, at each stroke of its bow. The cricket's stridor is a love song, produced only by the adult male. When the bemused female approaches he tones down his serenade, strokes her with lustful antennae...
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