Usually means: Silent letter in a word.
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  1. aphthong: Wordnik
  2. aphthong: Wiktionary
  3. Aphthong: Dictionary.com
  4. Aphthong: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. aphthong: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  6. Aphthong: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  7. aphthong: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. aphthong: FreeDictionary.org
  9. aphthong: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  10. Aphthong: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (aphthong)

noun:  (phonology, archaic) A letter or combination of letters employed in spelling a word but not pronounced; a silent letter or polygraph

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