Agami

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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