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trumpeter

Any South American bird of the genus Psophia, family Psophiidae, order Gruiformes, up to 50 cm/20 in tall, related to the cranes. Trumpeters have long legs, a short bill, and dark plumage. The trumpeter swan is unrelated.

P. crepitans is a bird of lustrous and brilliantly-coloured plumage and is often domesticated. There are three species; very little is known about any of them in the wild.



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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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