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Noun: stentor
  1. A speaker with an unusually loud voice
     
  2. Any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor
Noun: Stentor  stentor
  1. The mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes

Derived forms: stentors

See also: stentorian

Type of: ciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran, mythical being, speaker, talker, utterer, verbaliser [Brit], verbalizer

Part of: genus Stentor

Encyclopedia: Stentor