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horned pout

horned pout noun: a catfish native to the eastern United States, the brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus.

horned pout: a catfish native to the eastern United States, the brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus
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Noun

horned pout (plural horned pouts)

  1. A catfish native to the eastern United States, the brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus.
    • At length you slowly raise, pulling hand over hand, some horned pout squeaking and squirming to the upper air.1854, Henry David Thoreau, Walden, Boston: Ticknor and Fields

Forms of horned pout

pluralhorned pouts
alternative formhornpout

Questions about horned pout

What does horned pout mean?
Horned pout means a catfish native to the eastern United States, the brown bullhead, Ameiurus nebulosus.
What part of speech is horned pout?
Horned pout is a noun.
What is the plural of horned pout?
The plural of horned pout is horned pouts.

Words near horned pout in the dictionary

  1. horned pie
  2. horned pies
  3. horned poison
  4. horned poppies
  5. horned poppy
  6. horned pout
  7. horned pouts
  8. horned puffin
  9. horned puffins
  10. horned rattlesnake
  11. horned rattlesnakes

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