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Poltroon:

Lily-livered.

Vinegaroon:

Scorpion-like arachnid. Too bad I can't show you a picture, wouldn't like to meet this one in a lonely desert.

Gittern:

Guitar.

Hornpout:

Catfish.

Psittaceous:

Parrot-like. Parrots have their own adjectives? Looks like a parrot, talks like a parrot, eats crackers like a parrot must be psittaceous!

Mulct:

Fine or penalty.

Snood:

Hairnet.

Bunraku:

Guignols. Both are types of puppet shows.

Goatsucker:

Whippoorwill. Night bird, but I don't know if it actually drinks goat's milk. Maybe someone thought it did at one time.

Tommyrot:

Poppycock. Sounds like the tale of Chicken Little and the sky falling down!