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pouched

[ poucht ]

adjective

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


pouched

/ paʊtʃt /

adjective

  1. having a pouch or pouches
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • un·pouched adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pouched1

First recorded in 1815–25; pouch + -ed 3
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Example Sentences

Generally considered loners, the pouched animals have a wide diversity of social relationships that have gone unrecognized, a new analysis published October 26 in Proceedings of the Royal Society B suggests.

Under the chin he was pouched like a pelican and about the jowls was wattled like a turkey gobbler.

The pouched rat, or mus busarius, has been seen but once in Europe.

The pouched slipper, bright pink, has a yellow lining, freckled with greenish dots.

Murray pouched the dollar gratefully and beat a hurried retreat.

At the beginning of the period we meet with that higher group of mammals, not pouched, which now prevails.

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