clamatores Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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
    suborder Clamatores.

WordNet

Clam`a*to"res noun plural
Etymology
L. clamator, pl. clamatores, a bawler.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A division of passerine birds in which the vocal muscles are but little developed, so that they lack the power of singing.

Webster 1913