Psophia crepitans

Psophia crepitans
    n 1: trumpeter of Brazil and Guiana; often kept to protect
         poultry in Brazil [syn: {Brazilian trumpeter}, {Psophia
         crepitans}]
    

Trumpeter \Trump"et*er\, n.
   1. One who sounds a trumpet.
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   2. One who proclaims, publishes, or denounces.
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            These men are good trumpeters.        --Bacon.
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   3. (Zool.)
      (a) Any one of several species of long-legged South
          American birds of the genus {Psophia}, especially
          {Psophia crepitans}, which is abundant, and often
          domesticated and kept with other poultry by the
          natives. They are allied to the cranes. So called from
          their loud cry. Called also {agami}, and {yakamik}.
      (b) A variety of the domestic pigeon.
      (c) An American swan ({Olor buccinator}) which has a very
          loud note.
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   4. (Zool.) A large edible fish ({Latris hecateia}) of the
      family {Cirrhitidae}, native of Tasmania and New Zealand.
      It sometimes weighs as much as fifty or sixty pounds, and
      is highly esteemed as a food fish.
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Agami \Ag"a*mi\ ([a^]g"[.a]*m[=e]), n.; pl. {Agamis}
   ([a^]g"[.a]*m[=e]z). [F. agami, fr. the native name.] (Zool.)
   A South American bird ({Psophia crepitans}), allied to the
   cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the
   {gold-breasted trumpeter}. Its body is about the size of the
   pheasant. See {Trumpeter}.
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