Screamers

2 definitions found

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

  Palamedeae \Pal`a*me"de*[ae]\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zool.)
     An order, or suborder, including the kamichi, and allied
     South American birds; -- called also {screamers}. In many
     anatomical characters they are allied to the Anseres, but
     they externally resemble the wading birds.
     [1913 Webster]



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

  Anhimidae \Anhimidae\ n.
     a family of aquatic birds of South America. They are called
     {screamers} due to their harsh trumpeting call.
  
     Syn: family {Anhimidae}.
          [WordNet 1.5]