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1. (n.) stentor
a trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoan of the genus
Stentor.
Etymology: (1860–65; < NL; see stentorian)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) stentor
a speaker with an unusually loud voice
2. (noun) Stentor
the mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes
3. (noun) stentor
any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) stentor
a herald, in the Iliad, who had a very loud voice; hence, any person having a powerful voice
2. (noun) stentor
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
3. (noun) stentor
a howling monkey, or howler
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. stentor
a Grecian herald who accompanied the Greeks in the Trojan War, and whom Homer describes as "the great-hearted, brazen-voiced Stentor, whose shout was as loud as that of fifty other men," hence the epithet stentorian.
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