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Definition of Pooter
1. Noun. A glass jar used for collecting small insects etc; it has two tubes, one (protected by a gauze) which is sucked, the other up which the insect is drawn ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pooter
1. an entomological collecting bottle [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pooter
Literary usage of Pooter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Society of Arts by Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1871)
"... pooter valley, Mesua ferrea. Tall, straight, and symmetrical, it rears itself
some sixty or seventy feet high, tapering upwards in its glossy green mass ..."
2. A System of Geography, Popular and Scientific: Or A Physical, Political, and by James Bell (1832)
"... pooter, is about 1170 English miles ; and from thence to the sea 30 more;
being in all 1200 miles. Owing to the looseness of the soil composing its ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1844)
"... pooter is a late discovery, while his brother Ganges has been the theme of
ancient and modern story. ..."
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