"pooter" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pooters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pooter (plural pooters)
  1. 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. Synonyms: aspirator
    Sense id: en-pooter-en-noun-vp~dSO9K
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: pooters [present, singular, third-person], pootering [participle, present], pootered [participle, past], pootered [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} pooter (third-person singular simple present pooters, present participle pootering, simple past and past participle pootered)
  1. To capture (insects) with a pooter.
    Sense id: en-pooter-en-verb-emI4EdVO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: pooters [present, singular, third-person], pootering [participle, present], pootered [participle, past], pootered [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} pooter (third-person singular simple present pooters, present participle pootering, simple past and past participle pootered)
  1. To move about aimlessly; to potter around.
    Sense id: en-pooter-en-verb-Mg~ktSr3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 18 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 20 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 20 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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