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Retentor
Retentor Re*ten"tor, n. [L., a retainer.] (Zo["o]l.) A muscle which serves to retain an organ or part in place, esp. when retracted. See Illust. of Phylactolemata.
Stentor
Stentor Sten"tor, n. [L. Stentor, Gr. ?.] 1. A herald, in the Iliad, who had a very loud voice; hence, any person having a powerful voice. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of ciliated Infusoria belonging to the genus Stentor and allied genera, common in fresh water. The stentors have a bell-shaped, or cornucopia-like, body with a circle of cilia around the spiral terminal disk. See Illust. under Heterotricha. 3. (Zo["o]l.) A howling monkey, or howler.
Stentorian
Stentorian Sten*to"ri*an, a. [L. stentoreus; cf. Gr. ?.] Of or pertaining to a stentor; extremely loud; powerful; as, a stentorian voice; stentorian lungs.
Stentorin
Stentorin Sten"to*rin, n. (Chem.) A blue coloring matter found in some stentors. See Stentor, 2.
Stentorious
Stentorious Sten*to"ri*ous, a. Stentorian. [R.]
Stentoronic
Stentoronic Sten`to*ron"ic, a. Stentorian. [Obs.]
Stentorophonic
Stentorophonic Sten`to*ro*phon"ic, a. [Gr. ? Stentor + ? a sound, voice. See Stentor.] Speaking or sounding very loud; stentorian. [Obs.] Of this stentorophonic horn of Alexander there is a preserved in the Vatican. --Derham.
Tentorium
Tentorium Ten*to"ri*um, n. [L., a tent.] (Anat.) A fold of the dura mater which separates the cerebellum from the cerebrum and often incloses a process or plate of the skull called the bony tentorium.
Tentory
Tentory Tent"o*ry, n. [L. tentorium a tent.] The awning or covering of a tent. [Obs.] --Evelyn.

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