Pralltriller

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pralltriller \Prall"tril`ler\, n.; G. pl. {Prall"triller}. [G.]
     (Music)
     A melodic embellishment consisting of the quick alternation
     of a principal tone with an auxiliary tone above it, usually
     the next of the scale; -- called also the {inverted
     mordente}.


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Pram