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Sten⋅tor

[sten-tawr]
–noun
1. (in the Iliad) a Greek herald with a loud voice.
2. (lowercase) a person having a very loud or powerful voice.
3. (lowercase) a trumpet-shaped, ciliate protozoan of the genus Stentor.
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sten·tor   (stěn'tôr')   
n.  Any of several trumpet-shaped, ciliate protozoans of the genus Stentor, living in dark freshwater pools and feeding chiefly on smaller microorganisms.

[After Stentor, a Greek herald.]
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