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screamer

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  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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