horned pout
a bullhead, especially the brown bullhead.
Origin of horned pout
1- Also called hornpout.
Words Nearby horned pout
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How to use horned pout in a sentence
At length you slowly raise, pulling hand over hand, some horned pout squeaking and squirming to the upper air.
Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience | Henry David ThoreauBut in every deep hole, and especially in the millponds along the East Coy Creek, the horned pout swarmed on the mucky bottoms.
A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2) | David Starr JordanBut in the Oatka Creek were found neither horned pout nor sunfish, nor have I ever heard that either has been taken there.
A Guide to the Study of Fishes, Volume 1 (of 2) | David Starr Jordan
British Dictionary definitions for horned pout
a North American catfish, Ameiurus (or Ictalurus) nebulosus, with a sharp spine on the dorsal and pectoral fins and eight long barbels around the mouth: family Ameiuridae: Also called: brown bullhead
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