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trumpeter

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trumpeter [′trəm·pəd·ər]
(vertebrate zoology)
A bird belonging to the Psophiidae, a family with three South American species; the common trumpeter (Psophia crepitans) is the size of a pheasant and resembles a long-legged guinea fowl.
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A Trumpeter during a battle ventured too near the enemy and was captured by them.
Fables by Aesop View in context
For instance, assuming to myself the power of marshalling the aforesaid procession, I direct a trumpeter to send forth a blast loud enough to be heard from hence to China; and a herald, with world-pervading voice, to make proclamation for a certain class of mortals to take their places.
Mosses From An Old Manse and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
The trumpeter and laugher, as their names express, utter a very different coo from the other breeds.
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