screamers

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screamers - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Palamedeae \Pal`a*me"de*[ae]\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zool.)
     An order, or suborder, including the kamichi, and allied
     South American birds; -- called also screamers. In many
     anatomical characters they are allied to the Anseres, but
     they externally resemble the wading birds.
     [1913 Webster]

  Anhimidae \Anhimidae\ n.
     a family of aquatic birds of South America. They are called
     screamers due to their harsh trumpeting call.
  
     Syn: family Anhimidae.
          [WordNet 1.5]