Thesaurus: stentor

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1. n. A herald, in the Iliad, who had a very loud voice; hence, any person having a powerful voice.
2. n. 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. n. A howling monkey, or howler.
4. n. a speaker with an unusually loud voice
5. n. any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor
6. 1. A herald, in the Iliad, who had a very loud voice; hence, any person having a powerful voice. 2. (Zoöl.) 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. (Zoöl.) A howling monkey, or howler.
7. Any species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to the genusStentor and allied genera, common in fresh water. The stentors have abell-shaped, or cornucopia-like, body with a circle of cilia aroundthe spiral terminal disk. See Illust. under Heterotricha.
8. n. a speaker with an unusually loud voice n. the mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes n. any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor