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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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
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