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Meaning of CLAMATORES

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  used in some classification systems; a suborder or superfamily nearly coextensive with suborder Tyranni; Passeriformes having relatively simple vocal organs and little power of song: clamatorial birds
 
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 Synonyms: suborder Clamatores
 
 See Also: animal order, order Passeriformes, Passeriformes

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Clam`a*to"res\, n. pl. [L. clamator, pl. clamatores,
a bawler.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of passerine birds in which the vocal muscles are
but little developed, so that they lack the power of singing.
 
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