Stentor : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Stentor	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Stentor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
stentor n a speaker with an unusually loud voice the mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. 2. (Zo[94]l.) 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. (Zo[94]l.) A howling monkey, or howler.