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[Greek psophos =any inarticulate sound.] Ornith.: Trumpeter; the sole genus of the family Psophiidse. Bill shorter than the head, culmen arched, and curving downward, plumage thick and close; tarsus scaled in front and behind. Six species from the Amazon Valley, where the range of each species appears to be bounded by some of the great rivers. ( Wallace .) pso-phi-i-dæ, subst. pl. [Mod. Lat. psophi ( a ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -idœ.] Ornith.: A family of Gralle, with a single genus Psophia (q. v.).