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trumpeter
(encz) | trumpeter,trubač n: Zdeněk Brož |
trumpeter
(encz) | trumpeter,trumpetista n: Zdeněk Brož |
Trumpeter
(gcide) | 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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trumpeter
(wn) | trumpeter
n 1: a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet [syn:
trumpeter, cornetist]
2: (formal) a person who announces important news; "the
chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a
trumpet" [syn: herald, trumpeter]
3: large gregarious crane-like bird of the forests of South
America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry;
easily domesticated
4: large pure white wild swan of western North America having a
sonorous cry [syn: trumpeter, trumpeter swan, {Cygnus
buccinator}] |
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trumpeter swan
(encz) | trumpeter swan, n: |
gold-breasted trumpeter
(gcide) | 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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Trumpeter
(gcide) | 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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brazilian trumpeter
(wn) | Brazilian trumpeter
n 1: trumpeter of Brazil and Guiana; often kept to protect
poultry in Brazil [syn: Brazilian trumpeter, {Psophia
crepitans}] |
trumpeter swan
(wn) | trumpeter swan
n 1: large pure white wild swan of western North America having
a sonorous cry [syn: trumpeter, trumpeter swan, {Cygnus
buccinator}] |
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