What does "stentor" mean?

Stentor: (Zoöl.) 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.

Additional senses

  1. 2.(Zoöl.) A howling monkey, or howler.

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