pouched
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- adjective
- /paʊtʃt/
- Specialized
:
con bolsa
- The kangaroo carries its baby in a pouched compartment in its belly.
Examples
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All this is much chronicled, but is barely in evidence at the museum, unless you get close to the photos and look at Roger's eyes, at their pouched and haunting darkness.
Academic text (2001) -
The old man's eyes turned upon him in their pouched lids.
Fiction book (1998) -
Some reptiles have pouched cheeks to store food while they eat.
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In some marsupials, the young develop in a pouched area for protection and nourishment.
Synonyms
Having small parts that look like bags on a body part
Having small pouch-like parts, often in an organ
Shaped like a small pouch or sac
Having the shape of a small bag
Shaped like a small bag that holds things
Shaped like a small bag
Having the shape of a bag
Antonyms
Compounds
- Australian
A small animal like a mouse that carries its young in a pouch and eats insects
- Australian
A small Australian burrowing animal with a pouch for its young that looks like a mole
How Inflated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word pouched comes from pouch, which means 'small bag', and the ending -ed means 'having'. So a pouched animal is one that has a bag or sac on its body to carry young or food, like a kangaroo or a pouched rat.