Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pouter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pouter \Pout"er\ (-[~e]r), n.
1. One who, or that which, pouts.
2. [Cf. E. pout, and G. puter turkey.] (Zo["o]l.) A variety
of the domestic pigeon remarkable for the extent to which
it is able to dilate its throat and breast.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pouter
n 1: (informal) someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy
expression [syn: {sourpuss}, {picklepuss}, {gloomy Gus}]
2: one of a breed of pigeon that enlarge their crop until their
breast is puffed out [syn: {pouter pigeon}]
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