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Definition of Hornpout
1. Noun. Catfish common in eastern United States.
Definition of Hornpout
1. n. See Horned pout, under Horned.
Definition of Hornpout
1. Noun. ''Alternative of'' horned pout ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hornpout
1. a catfish [n -S] - See also: catfish
Medical Definition of Hornpout
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hornpout
Literary usage of Hornpout
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishes and Fishing in Sunapee Lake by William Converse Kendall (1913)
"The hornpout is the only representative of the catfish family in New England,
where it seldom attains a weight of over a pound. In Sunapee Lake it is said ..."
2. In the Maine Woods by Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company (1904)
"The hornpout is a member of the catfish family, which is a very large one in the
United States and of considerable commercial importance. ..."
3. The American Cotton Industry: A Study of Work and Workers by Thomas Young, M. (1903)
"Fried hornpout.1 VEGETABLES. Potatoes, green corn, creamed macaroni. DESSERT.
Apple, mince, and pumpkin pies, rice pudding. Tea, coffee, milk. ..."
4. Concealing-coloration in the Animal Kingdom: An Exposition of the Laws of by Gerald Handerson Thayer, Abbott Handerson Thayer (1909)
"Such fish as the American hornpout (Ami- urus catus, etc.) haunt this simple
element, and have a correspondingly plain and simple obliterative equipment. ..."
5. Cape Cod by Henry David Thoreau (1908)
"... as if I were to reckon up the number of boys in Concord who are engaged during
the summer in the perch, pickerel, bream, hornpout, and shiner fishery, ..."
6. James Russell Lowell: A Biography by Horace Elisha Scudder (1901)
"... in a swelling making him look, as he said, " like a hornpout with the mumps."
He had an odd experience with ether which he thus describes: " The ether ..."
7. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1890)
"I have seen half a dozen small hornpout caught, disarmed, and swallowed by them
in a comparatively short time. Generally all the fish in the tank were ..."
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