pouch
15
4.6
- noun
- /paʊtʃ/
- Specialized
:
bolsa
- After several months, the joey finally climbed out of its mother's pouch to explore the world.
- branchial pouch
- pharyngeal pouch
- clefts and pouches
Yeah, yes, Sir, yeah, they care, they're they care they're young in a pouch.
- Yeah, yes, Sir, yeah, they care, they're they care they're young in a pouch.
Examples
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It raises its young in a pouch.
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The female deposits eggs in the male's abdominal pouch, where they are fertilized, and then provides no further care.
Academic text (1990) -
Around his neck hung his medicine pouch, filled with secret things to give him power.
Fiction book (1995) -
One of the sailors pointed at the animals that hop around and put their babies in their pouch, and he asked what they were, and the Aborigines said, "Kanguru."
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The mother kangaroo carries her young in her pouch for protection and warmth.
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The pelican uses its large pouch to catch fish while swimming.
Synonyms
78
5.5
A small hollow space inside a rock or object that can hold other material
25
4.8
A small hollow bag in animals and plants that holds fluid or air
A pouch on a mother's belly where young animals like a kangaroo or opossum stay and drink milk
Compounds
- Specialized
7
7.1
A bag diplomats use to carry official papers that customs cannot open under international law
- Specialized
A pocket inside the mouth of some animals used to store food temporarily
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pouch comes from the old French poche 'bag' or 'pocket', and you can remember it as a natural 'pocket' on an animal where it carries its young or stores food.