STENTOR


Meaning of STENTOR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsten-ˌtȯr, -tər ]

noun

Etymology: Latin, from Greek Stentōr Stentor, a Greek herald in the Trojan War noted for his loud voice

Date: 1609

1. : a person having a loud voice

2. : any of a widely distributed genus ( Stentor ) of ciliate protozoans having a trumpet-shaped body with the mouth at the broad end and with the narrow end often attached to the substrate

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