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Webster 1913 Edition


Screamer

Scream′er

(skrēm′ẽr)
,
Noun.
(Zool.)
Any one of three species of South American birds constituting the family
Anhimidae
, and the suborder
Palamedeae
. They have two spines on each wing, and the head is either crested or horned. They are easily tamed, and then serve as guardians for other poultry. The crested screamers, or chajas, belong to the genus
Chauna
. The horned screamer, or kamichi, is
Palamedea cornuta
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Screamer

SCRE'AMER

,
Noun.
A fowl, or genus of fowls, of the grallic order, of two species, natives of America.