stentor

2 definitions found

stentor - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Stentor \Sten"tor\, n. [L. Stentor, Gr. ?.]
     1. A herald, in the Iliad, who had a very loud voice; hence,
        any person having a powerful voice.
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     2. (Zool.) Any species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to the
        genus Stentor and allied genera, common in fresh water.
        The stentors have a bell-shaped, or cornucopia-like, body
        with a circle of cilia around the spiral terminal disk.
        See Illust. under Heterotricha.
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     3. (Zool.) A howling monkey, or howler.
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stentor - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  stentor
      n 1: a speaker with an unusually loud voice
      2: the mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who
         died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes
      3: any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are
         members of the genus Stentor