a. Ostentatious. [ Obs. ] Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Stentor, Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. A herald, in the Iliad, who had a very loud voice; hence, any person having a powerful voice. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Any species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to the genus Stentor and allied genera, common in fresh water. The stentors have a bell-shaped, or cornucopia-like, body with a circle of cilia around the spiral terminal disk. See Illust. under Heterotricha. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A howling monkey, or howler. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. stentoreus; cf. Gr. &unr_;. ] Of or pertaining to a stentor; extremely loud; powerful; as, a stentorian voice; stentorian lungs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A blue coloring matter found in some stentors. See Stentor, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Stentorian. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Stentorian. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; Stentor + &unr_; a sound, voice. See Stentor. ] Speaking or sounding very loud; stentorian. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Of this stentorophonic horn of Alexander there is a preserved in the Vatican. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]