单词 | horn-pout |
释义 | > as lemmashorn-pout horn-pout n. U.S. a name for some fishes of the genus Amiurus, esp. A. catus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Siluriformes (catfish) > [noun] > member of family Ictaluridae bullhead1674 horn-pout1798 horned pout1837 minister1839 channel cat1847 flannel-mouth1882 stone-cat1882 madtom1896 1798 Gaz. U.S. (Philadelphia) 3 Aug. The company concluded to go, for the sake of seeing a horn pout—when at last I drew one up—and behold! what was it, but a cat fish! 1832 Coll. New Hampsh. Hist. Soc. III. 87 On each side of their body and close to the head is a formidable weapon called a horn, and hence the name Horn-pout. 1860 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner (1887) 26 Pond well stocked with horn pouts. 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 247 Memories of going after pond-lilies, of angling for horn-pouts. 1910 Outlook 9 July 529 On the other side of the pond we met Sam Noyes, who was catching horn-pouts. 1943 B. Damon Sense of Humus 22 First he brought her a mess of horn pouts he had caught. < as lemmas |
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