palamedean,a.Ornith.|pæləˈmiːdɪən| [f.mod.L. Palamēdea, fancifully f.Gr. Παλαµήδης, one of the Grecian heroes at the siege of Troy.] Of or belonging to the genus Palamedea or family Palamedeidæ of birds, the type of which is the kamichi or horned screamer, Palamedea cornuta.