Screecher

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Agent noun of screech; one who or that which screeches. agent, form-of
  2. 2
    someone who communicates vocally in a very loud voice wordnet
  3. 3
    A bird of the former category Picariae, distinguished from the songbirds. dated

    "The names Strepitores, (screechers), and Cantores, (warblers or songsters), have reference to the conformation of the lower larynx"

  4. 4
    A bird, the common swift, Apus apus.

Synonyms

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bawlerbellowerroarerroarerscreamershouter

Example

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"The names Strepitores, (screechers), and Cantores, (warblers or songsters), have reference to the conformation of the lower larynx"

Etymology

From screech + -er.

Related phrases

devil screecheragent noun

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