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trumpeter

Syllabification: (trum·pet·er)
Pronunciation: /ˈtrəmpitər/
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Definition of trumpeter

noun

  • 1a person who plays a trumpet.
  • 2a large gregarious ground-dwelling bird of tropical South American forests, with mainly black plumage and loud trumpeting and booming calls.
    • Family Psophiidae and genus Psophia: three species
  • 3a pigeon of a domestic breed that makes a trumpetlike sound.
  • 4an edible marine fish with a spiny dorsal fin, found chiefly in cool Australasian waters and said to make a grunting or trumpeting sound when taken out of the water.
    • Family Latridae: several genera and species, including the Tasmanian trumpeter (Latris lineata), prized as food

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