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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Screamer \Scream"er\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of three species of South American birds constituting
the family {Anhimid[ae]}, and the suborder {Palamede[ae]}.
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}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Screamer \Scream"er\, n.
1. Something so remarkable as to provoke a scream, as of joy.
[Slang]
2. An exclamation mark. [Printer's Slang]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
screamer
n 1: a sensational newspaper headline
2: gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh
trumpeting call
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
Screamer
An extension of {Common Lisp} providing {nondeterministic}
{backtracking} and {constraint} programming.
{(ftp://ftp.ai.mit.edu/pub/screamer.tar.Z)}
[Isn't all backtracking nondeterministic by definition?]
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