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noun

Screamer n. (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.

Something so remarkable as to provoke a scream, as of joy. (Slang)

An exclamation mark. (Printer's Slang)

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Etymology of 'Screamer'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Screamer" Quotes from Famous Books

... a term of reproach applied to the industrious farmer, who settled or perched on the resumed portions of a squatter's run, so much to the latter's rage and disgust that he contemptuously likened the farmer to the white-coated, yellow-crested screamer that settles or perches on the trees at the edge of ...

— A Dictionary of Austral English • Edward Morris

Words linked to "Screamer" : roarer, headline, scream, waterbird, bellower, communicator, newspaper headline, horned screamer, family Anhimidae, crested screamer, bawler, Anhimidae, scorcher, Anhima cornuta, yeller, hitting