Meanings
nounhorned pout (plural horned pouts)
plural horned pouts · alternative hornpout
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nouncatfish common in eastern United States
Broader
bullheadbullhead catfish
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