Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Stentor

Stentor , noun

[Latin Stentor, Greek {not transcribed}.]

1.
A herald, in the Iliad, who had a very loud voice; hence, any person having a powerful voice.
2.
(Zoology) 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.
3.
(Zoology) A howling monkey, or howler.