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[syn: Brazilian trumpeter, Psophia crepitans]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Trumpeter \Trump"et*er\, n.
1. One who sounds a trumpet.
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2. One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces.
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These men are good trumpeters. --Bacon.
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3. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of long-legged South
American birds of the genus Psophia, especially
Psophia crepitans, which is abundant, and often
domesticated and kept with other poultry by the
natives. They are allied to the cranes. So called from
their loud cry. Called also agami, and yakamik.
(b) A variety of the domestic pigeon.
(c) An American swan (Olor buccinator) which has a very
loud note.
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4. (Zool.) A large edible fish (Latris hecateia) of the
family Cirrhitidae, native of Tasmania and New Zealand.
It sometimes weighs as much as fifty or sixty pounds, and
is highly esteemed as a food fish.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Agami \Ag"a*mi\ ([a^]g"[.a]*m[=e]), n.; pl. Agamis
([a^]g"[.a]*m[=e]z). [F. agami, fr. the native name.] (Zool.)
A South American bird (Psophia crepitans), allied to the
cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the
gold-breasted trumpeter. Its body is about the size of the
pheasant. See Trumpeter.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Psophia crepitans
n 1: trumpeter of Brazil and Guiana; often kept to protect
poultry in Brazil [syn: Brazilian trumpeter, Psophia
crepitans]