Stentor
Stentor
Definition
Sten·tor (sten′tôr′)
noun
- Gr. Myth. a Greek herald in the Trojan War, described in the Iliad as having the voice of fifty men
- a person having a very loud voice
- any of a genus (Stentor) of large, trumpet-shaped, ciliated protozoans, found in stagnant fresh waters
Etymology: L < Gr Stentōr, akin to stenein, to rumble, roar < IE base *(s)ten- > L tonare, to thunder
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