Found 2 items, similar to Psophia crepitans.
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Definition: Psophia crepitans
Psophia crepitans
n : trumpeter of Brazil and Guiana; often kept to protect
poultry in Brazil [syn:
Brazilian trumpeter]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Psophia crepitans
Trumpeter
\Trump"et*er\, n.
1. One who sounds a trumpet.
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2. One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces.
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These men are good trumpeters. --Bacon.
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3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any one of several species of long-legged South
American birds of the genus
Psophia, especially
Psophia crepitans, which is abundant, and often
domesticated and kept with other poultry by the
natives. They are allied to the cranes. So called from
their loud cry. Called also
agami, and
yakamik.
(b) A variety of the domestic pigeon.
(c) An American swan (
Olor buccinator) which has a very
loud note.
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4. (Zo["o]l.) A large edible fish (
Latris hecateia) of the
family
Cirrhitid[ae], native of Tasmania and New
Zealand. It sometimes weighs as much as fifty or sixty
pounds, and is highly esteemed as a food fish.
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Agami
\Ag"a*mi\ ([a^]g"[.a]*m[=e]), n.; pl.
Agamis
([a^]g"[.a]*m[=e]z). [F. agami, fr. the native name.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A South American bird (
Psophia crepitans), allied to the
cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the
gold-breasted trumpeter. Its body is about the size of the
pheasant. See
Trumpeter.
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