pouched

[ poucht ]

/ paʊtʃt /

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adjective

having a pouch, as the pelicans, gophers, and marsupials.

Origin of pouched

First recorded in 1815–25; pouch + -ed³

OTHER WORDS FROM pouched

un·pouched, adjective

Words nearby pouched

potwalloper, potyomkin, potëmkin, pou sto, pouch, pouched, pouched rat, pouchy, poudrage, poudrette, poudreuse

Definition for pouched (2 of 2)

pouch

[ pouch ]

/ paʊtʃ /

noun

a bag, sack, or similar receptacle, especially one for small articles or quantities: a tobacco pouch.

a small moneybag.

a bag for carrying mail.

a bag or case of leather, used by soldiers to carry ammunition.

something shaped like or resembling a bag or pocket.

Chiefly Scot. a pocket in a garment.

a baggy fold of flesh under the eye.

Anatomy, Zoology. a baglike or pocketlike part; a sac or cyst, as the sac beneath the bill of pelicans, the saclike dilation of the cheeks of gophers, or the receptacle for the young of marsupials.

Botany. a baglike cavity.

verb (used with object)

to put into or enclose in a pouch, bag, or pocket; pocket.

to arrange in the form of a pouch.

(of a fish or bird) to swallow.

verb (used without object)

to form a pouch or a cavity resembling a pouch.

Origin of pouch

1350–1400; Middle English pouche < Anglo-French, variant of Old French poche; also poke, poque bag. See poke²

Example sentences from the Web for pouched

Crossing to Australia we find the pouched animals, as already observed, of several different and very dissimilar genera.

Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found |Mayne Reid
Under the chin he was pouched like a pelican and about the jowls was wattled like a turkey gobbler.

The Escape of Mr. Trimm |Irvin S. Cobb
Numerous representatives of this group still exist: kangaroos, pouched rats and pouched dogs.

Was Man Created? |Henry A. Mott
"Gopher," "pouched rat," "hamster," and "muelos" are some of the titles by which he is locally known.

Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, Vol. 56, March 1900 |Various

The opossum is the only American member of the family of pouched animals.

Science of Trapping |Elmer Harry Kreps

British Dictionary definitions for pouched (1 of 2)

pouched

/ (paʊtʃt) /

adjective

having a pouch or pouches

British Dictionary definitions for pouched (2 of 2)

pouch

/ (paʊtʃ) /

noun

a small flexible baglike container a tobacco pouch

a saclike structure in any of various animals, such as the abdominal receptacle marsupium in marsupials or the cheek fold in rodents

anatomy any sac, pocket, or pouchlike cavity or space in an organ or part

another word for mailbag

a Scot word for pocket

verb

(tr) to place in or as if in a pouch

to arrange or become arranged in a pouchlike form

(tr) (of certain birds and fishes) to swallow

Derived forms of pouch

pouchy, adjective

Word Origin for pouch

C14: from Old Norman French pouche, from Old French poche bag; see poke ²

Medical definitions for pouched

pouch

[ pouch ]

n.

A pocketlike space in the body.

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noun

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pouched

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Definition for pouched (2 of 2)

noun

verb (used with object)

verb (used without object)

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adjective

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noun

verb

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