horned pout

American  

noun

1. a bullhead, especially the brown bullhead.

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horned pout British  

noun

1. Also called: brown bullhead.  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

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Etymology

Origin of horned pout

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

At length you slowly raise, pulling hand over hand, some horned pout squeaking and squirming to the upper air.

From Walden by Thoreau, Henry David

Not to lure the glutton frog From his banquet in the bog; Nor the lazy chub to fool, Splashing idly round the pool; Nor the sullen horned pout From the mud to hustle out!

From Songs out of Doors by Van Dyke, Henry