pouch

  • 51pouch brooder — a reproductive guild (q.v.) where eggs are incubated in an external marsupium (an enlarged and everted lower lip, a fin pouch, a ventral pouch covered by a membranous or bony plate). The embryonic respiratory structures and pigments are usually… …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 52pouch young — /ˈpaʊtʃ jʌŋ/ (say powch yung) noun the young of a marsupial animal while still of an age to be in the pouch …

  • 53pouch-bearing bat — Teminko kapšinis šikšnosparnis statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Saccolaimus saccolaimus angl. pouch bearing bat rus. мешкокрыл Темминка ryšiai: platesnis terminas – kapšiniai šikšnosparniai …

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  • 54pouch-shaped — adjective shaped like a pouch • Syn: ↑bursiform, ↑pouchlike, ↑saclike • Similar to: ↑concave …

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  • 55pouch of rathke — Usage: usually capitalized R : rathke s pouch …

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  • 56pouch — n. [OF. poche] 1. A small or moderate size receptacle, sac or bag. 2. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In Hymenoptera, the food holder for bumblebee larvae. 3. (CNIDARIA: Scyphozoa) An extension of the stomach cavity …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 57pouch — Synonyms and related words: bag, balloon, beetle, belly, belly out, bilge, billow, bouge, bug, bulge, dilate, distend, goggle, jut, overhang, pocket, poke, pooch, pop, pout, project, protrude, purse, reticule, round out, sack, stand out, stick… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 58pouch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bag, sack; purse, reticule, wallet; pocket, sac; marsupium. See receptacle. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sack, receptacle, poke*; see bag , container . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. bag, sack, pocket,… …

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  • 59pouch — see POCKET …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 60pouch —    to steal    Originally Scottish but now widely used as a synonym of pocket:     I had given Master Boy Scout a fair amount of money... doubtless he had merely pouched it. (B. Fergusson, 1945 he had paid a tribesman for help behind the lines in …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms