stentor

IPA: stˈɛntɝ

Root Word: Stentor

noun

  • A herald in the Iliad celebrated for his loud voice.
  • (astronomy) The Jovian asteroid 2146 Stentor.
  • A person with a powerful or stentorian voice.
  • Any protozoan of the genus Stentor.
  • A part of the amplification system of a carillon.
  • A howler monkey.
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Examples of "stentor" in Sentences

  • Stentor Coeruleus is known to habituate to its environment.
  • Stentor coeruleus specifically appears as a very large trumpet.
  • He fancied himself to have a voice like the Greek herald Stentor.
  • The stentor would talk into a double receiver to transmit the news.
  • As in many freshwater protozoans, the 'Stentor' has a contractile vacuole.
  • Stentor was lost in a launch failure on the maiden flight of the Ariane 5ECA.

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