“He is so conscious of his bigness, and makes chests at you like a pouter pigeon.”
“Let us recognize it as an exquisite creation of art, not of nature, as wonderful as the pouter pigeon or the saffron rose.”
“In a pouter, the furcula had not been lengthened proportionally with the increased length of the body.”
pout
(rare) Shortened name of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).
“The postbags under his eyes have lost a few bulging packages, and his naturally sulky pout seems, if not upturned into an actual smile, at least faintly curved.”
“Deep in the water, Mr. Fish swims in a permanent pout. Can his pals cheer him up?”
pouting
A fish in the cod family (Gadidae), Trisopterus luscus.
“The postbags under his eyes have lost a few bulging packages, and his naturally sulky pout seems, if not upturned into an actual smile, at least faintly curved.”
“Deep in the water, Mr. Fish swims in a permanent pout. Can his pals cheer him up?”
“The postbags under his eyes have lost a few bulging packages, and his naturally sulky pout seems, if not upturned into an actual smile, at least faintly curved.”
“Deep in the water, Mr. Fish swims in a permanent pout. Can his pals cheer him up?”