Third person singular present tense of 'caterwaul'; makes loud, wailing cries.
From the base verb 'caterwaul' with standard third person singular '-s' ending added for present tense conjugation.
The verb form shows how this onomatopoeia became so useful in English that it needed all the normal grammatical variations—making it a fully integrated English word despite its mysterious foreign origins!
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