[syn: pouter pigeon, pouter]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pouter \Pout"er\ (-[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, pouts.
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2. [Cf. E. pout, and G. puter turkey.] (Zool.) A variety of
the domestic pigeon remarkable for the extent to which it
is able to dilate its throat and breast.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pouter
n 1: someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression [syn:
sourpuss, picklepuss, gloomy Gus, pouter]
2: one of a breed of pigeon that enlarge their crop until their
breast is puffed out [syn: pouter pigeon, pouter]