| slovo | definícia |
screamer
(encz) | screamer,křičící osoba n: Zdeněk Brož |
screamer
(encz) | screamer,vykřičník n: Rostislav Svoboda |
Screamer
(gcide) | Screamer \Scream"er\ (skr[=e]m"[~e]r), n. (Zool.)
Any one of three species of South American birds constituting
the family Anhimidae, and the suborder Palamedeae. They
have two spines on each wing, and the head is either crested
or horned. They are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians
for other poultry. The crested screamers, or chajas, belong
to the genus Chauna. The horned screamer, or kamichi, is
Palamedea cornuta.
[1913 Webster]
2. Something so remarkable as to provoke a scream, as of joy.
[Slang]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. An exclamation mark. [Printer's Slang]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
screamer
(wn) | screamer
n 1: someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice [syn:
roarer, bawler, bellower, screamer, screecher,
shouter, yeller]
2: a sensational newspaper headline
3: gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh
trumpeting call
4: a very hard hit ball [syn: scorcher, screamer] |
screamer
(foldoc) | Screamer
An extension of Common Lisp providing nondeterministic
backtracking and constraint programming.
(ftp://ftp.ai.mit.edu/pub/screamer.tar.Z).
[Isn't all backtracking nondeterministic by definition?]
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crested screamer
(encz) | crested screamer, n: |
horned screamer
(encz) | horned screamer, n: |
screamer
(encz) | screamer,křičící osoba n: Zdeněk Brožscreamer,vykřičník n: Rostislav Svoboda |
Horned screamer
(gcide) | Horned \Horned\, a.
Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike
process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part
shaped like a horn.
[1913 Webster]
The horned moon with one bright star
Within the nether tip. --Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]
Horned bee (Zool.), a British wild bee (Osmia bicornis),
having two little horns on the head.
Horned dace (Zool.), an American cyprinoid fish ({Semotilus
corporialis}) common in brooks and ponds; the common chub.
See Illust. of Chub.
Horned frog (Zool.), a very large Brazilian frog
(Ceratophrys cornuta), having a pair of triangular horns
arising from the eyelids.
Horned grebe (Zool.), a species of grebe ({Colymbus
auritus}), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense
tufts of feathers on the head.
Horned horse (Zool.), the gnu.
Horned lark (Zool.), the shore lark.
Horned lizard (Zool.), the horned toad.
Horned owl (Zool.), a large North American owl ({Bubo
Virginianus}), having a pair of elongated tufts of
feathers on the head. Several distinct varieties are
known; as, the Arctic, Western, dusky, and striped horned
owls, differing in color, and inhabiting different
regions; -- called also great horned owl, horn owl,
eagle owl, and cat owl. Sometimes also applied to the
long-eared owl. See Eared owl, under Eared.
Horned poppy. (Bot.) See Horn poppy, under Horn.
Horned pout (Zool.), an American fresh-water siluroid fish;
the bullpout.
Horned rattler (Zool.), a species of rattlesnake ({Crotalus
cerastes}), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains, from
California to Mexico. It has a pair of triangular horns
between the eyes; -- called also sidewinder.
Horned ray (Zool.), the sea devil.
Horned screamer (Zool.), the kamichi.
Horned snake (Zool.), the cerastes.
Horned toad (Zool.), any lizard of the genus Phrynosoma,
of which nine or ten species are known. These lizards have
several hornlike spines on the head, and a broad, flat
body, covered with spiny scales. They inhabit the dry,
sandy plains from California to Mexico and Texas. Called
also horned lizard.
Horned viper. (Zool.) See Cerastes.
[1913 Webster]Kamichi \Ka"mi*chi\, n. (Zool.)
A curious South American bird ({Anhima or {Palamedea
cornuta}), often domesticated by the natives and kept with
poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a
long, slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp
spurs on each wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs
resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it is related in
anatomical characters to the ducks and geese (Anseres).
Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied
also to the chaja. See Chaja, and Screamer.
[1913 Webster] |
horned screamer
(gcide) | Horned \Horned\, a.
Furnished with a horn or horns; furnished with a hornlike
process or appendage; as, horned cattle; having some part
shaped like a horn.
[1913 Webster]
The horned moon with one bright star
Within the nether tip. --Coleridge.
[1913 Webster]
Horned bee (Zool.), a British wild bee (Osmia bicornis),
having two little horns on the head.
Horned dace (Zool.), an American cyprinoid fish ({Semotilus
corporialis}) common in brooks and ponds; the common chub.
See Illust. of Chub.
Horned frog (Zool.), a very large Brazilian frog
(Ceratophrys cornuta), having a pair of triangular horns
arising from the eyelids.
Horned grebe (Zool.), a species of grebe ({Colymbus
auritus}), of Arctic Europe and America, having two dense
tufts of feathers on the head.
Horned horse (Zool.), the gnu.
Horned lark (Zool.), the shore lark.
Horned lizard (Zool.), the horned toad.
Horned owl (Zool.), a large North American owl ({Bubo
Virginianus}), having a pair of elongated tufts of
feathers on the head. Several distinct varieties are
known; as, the Arctic, Western, dusky, and striped horned
owls, differing in color, and inhabiting different
regions; -- called also great horned owl, horn owl,
eagle owl, and cat owl. Sometimes also applied to the
long-eared owl. See Eared owl, under Eared.
Horned poppy. (Bot.) See Horn poppy, under Horn.
Horned pout (Zool.), an American fresh-water siluroid fish;
the bullpout.
Horned rattler (Zool.), a species of rattlesnake ({Crotalus
cerastes}), inhabiting the dry, sandy plains, from
California to Mexico. It has a pair of triangular horns
between the eyes; -- called also sidewinder.
Horned ray (Zool.), the sea devil.
Horned screamer (Zool.), the kamichi.
Horned snake (Zool.), the cerastes.
Horned toad (Zool.), any lizard of the genus Phrynosoma,
of which nine or ten species are known. These lizards have
several hornlike spines on the head, and a broad, flat
body, covered with spiny scales. They inhabit the dry,
sandy plains from California to Mexico and Texas. Called
also horned lizard.
Horned viper. (Zool.) See Cerastes.
[1913 Webster]Kamichi \Ka"mi*chi\, n. (Zool.)
A curious South American bird ({Anhima or {Palamedea
cornuta}), often domesticated by the natives and kept with
poultry, which it defends against birds of prey. It has a
long, slender, hornlike ornament on its head, and two sharp
spurs on each wing. Although its beak, feet, and legs
resemble those of gallinaceous birds, it is related in
anatomical characters to the ducks and geese (Anseres).
Called also horned screamer. The name is sometimes applied
also to the chaja. See Chaja, and Screamer.
[1913 Webster] |
screamers
(gcide) | Palamedeae \Pal`a*me"de*[ae]\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zool.)
An order, or suborder, including the kamichi, and allied
South American birds; -- called also screamers. In many
anatomical characters they are allied to the Anseres, but
they externally resemble the wading birds.
[1913 Webster]Anhimidae \Anhimidae\ n.
a family of aquatic birds of South America. They are called
screamers due to their harsh trumpeting call.
Syn: family Anhimidae.
[WordNet 1.5] |
crested screamer
(wn) | crested screamer
n 1: distinguished from the horned screamer by a feathery crest
on the back of the head |
horned screamer
(wn) | horned screamer
n 1: screamer having a hornlike process projecting from the
forehead [syn: horned screamer, Anhima cornuta] |
screamer
(wn) | screamer
n 1: someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice [syn:
roarer, bawler, bellower, screamer, screecher,
shouter, yeller]
2: a sensational newspaper headline
3: gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh
trumpeting call
4: a very hard hit ball [syn: scorcher, screamer] |
screamer
(foldoc) | Screamer
An extension of Common Lisp providing nondeterministic
backtracking and constraint programming.
(ftp://ftp.ai.mit.edu/pub/screamer.tar.Z).
[Isn't all backtracking nondeterministic by definition?]
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