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pooter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables
poot-er
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

verb

To capture (insects) with a pooter.

verb

To move about aimlessly; to potter around.

Inflected Forms

pooters (plural) pooters (present, singular) pootering (participle, present) pootered (participle, past) pootered (past)

Synonyms

aspirator

Questions

What does pooter mean?
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.

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