pouter pigeon

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   one of a breed of pigeon that enlarge their crop until their breast is puffed out

   Synonymspouter

   Broaderpigeon

Questions about pouter pigeon

What does pouter pigeon mean?

pouter pigeon means "one of a breed of pigeon that enlarge their crop until their breast is puffed out".

What is another word for pouter pigeon?

Close synonyms include pouter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pouter pigeon a common word?

pouter pigeon is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.