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trumpeterAny 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. 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. The trumpeter and laugher, as their names express, utter a very different coo from the other breeds. |
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