NOUN | person | stentor | a speaker with an unusually loud voice |
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person | Stentor | the mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes | |
animal | stentor | any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor |
Sounds | steh'nter | |
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Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... |
Meaning | A speaker with an unusually loud voice. | |
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Broader | speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser | someone who expresses in language |
Adjectives | stentorian | used of the voice |
Meaning | The mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes. | |
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Category | Greek mythology | The mythology of the ancient Greeks |
Instance of | mythical being | An imaginary being of myth or fable |
Catalan | Stentor |
Meaning | Any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor. | |
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Member of | genus Stentor | trumpet-shaped protozoa with a ciliated spiral feeding funnel |
Broader | ciliate, ciliated protozoan, ciliophoran | A protozoan with a microscopic appendage extending from the surface of the cell |
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