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It is called the Pouter because it is in the habit of causing its gullet to swell up by inflating it with air.
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It is called the Pouter because it is in the habit of causing its gullet to swell up by inflating it with air.
The Perpetuation of Living Beings; hereditary transmission and variation Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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It is called the Pouter because it is in the habit of causing its gullet to swell up by inflating it with air.
Lectures and Essays Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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I know I come off like a Potter Pouter but honestly I'm coming from a film/entertainment angle.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Earns $58.4 Million in 24 Hours | /Film 2009
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In crossing the breeds between the Fantail and the Pouter, the
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The second one is the Pouter, a very large bird, with very long legs and beak.
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I have already noticed the habit of blowing out the gullet, so remarkable in the Pouter, and comparatively so in the others.
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I should tell you that all pigeons have a tendency to do this at times, but in the Pouter it is carried to an enormous extent.
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Carrier, or a Pouter, or a Tumbler, may sometimes put on the plumage of its primitive stock, the ‘Columba livia’.
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Fantail, — and, lastly, the habit of blowing out the gullet, so characteristic of the Pouter.
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