Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A bullhead, especially Ameiurus nebulosus of eastern North America.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
horned pout (which see, underpout ).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) See Horned pout, under
horned .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative of
horned pout
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun catfish common in eastern United States
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Examples
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If I'm not mistaken, I think a hornpout is just another namefor a bullhead catfish, that setup looks pretty slick but I wouldnt drive it out on the ice, then again, I live in so cal and the ice we get is maybe an inch thick haha
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If I'm not mistaken, I think a hornpout is just another namefor a bullhead catfish, that setup looks pretty slick but I wouldnt drive it out on the ice, then again, I live in so cal and the ice we get is maybe an inch thick haha
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Yes | No | Report from creswell wrote 6 days 7 hours ago p.s. your correct cAnyBux90 hornpout is just another name for a brown bullhead
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Yes | No | Report from creswell wrote 6 days 7 hours ago p.s. your correct cAnyBux90 hornpout is just another name for a brown bullhead
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Opening day for us consisted of warm water species - bass, pickerel, bluegills, perch and hornpout.
Nashuatelegraph.com local, state, business and sports news 2009
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a big hornpout or an eal. so i done that before dinner.
Brite and Fair Worth Brehm 1899
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a hornpout. i feel jest like them only i aint got enny horns.
Brite and Fair Worth Brehm 1899
hernesheir commented on the word hornpout
It's a fish.
January 1, 2012
knitandpurl commented on the word hornpout
"He had two deep folds in his cheeks running from his nostrils past his mouth and the long tuft of black beard on his chin was tied into three little tails like the barbels of a cranky hornpout."
The Luck Uglies by Paul Durham, p 141
January 9, 2017
bilby commented on the word hornpout
I see a which see!
January 30, 2024
ruzuzu commented on the word hornpout
Good one! Thanks, bilby.
February 1, 2024