stentor (redirected from stentors)

sten·tor  (stntôr)

n.

Any of several trumpet-shaped, ciliate protozoans of the genus Stentor, living in dark freshwater pools and feeding chiefly on smaller microorganisms.

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[After Stentor, a Greek herald.]

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stentor [ˈstɛntɔː]

n

1. a person with an unusually loud voice

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any trumpet-shaped protozoan of the genus Stentor, having a ciliated spiral feeding funnel at the wider end: phylum Ciliophora (ciliates)

[after Stentor]

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Stentor [ˈstɛntɔː]

n

(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a Greek herald with a powerful voice who died after he lost a shouting contest with Hermes, herald of the gods

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	stentor - a speaker with an unusually loud voice speaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"
	2.	Stentor - the mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
	3.	stentor - any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor ciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran - a protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell genus Stentor - trumpet-shaped protozoa with a ciliated spiral feeding funnel