Pouched (?), a. Zool. (a)

Having a marsupial pouch; as, the pouched badger, or the wombat.

(b)

Having external cheek pouches; as, the pouched gopher.

(c)

Having internal cheek pouches; as, the pouched squirrels.

Pouched dog. Zool. See Zebra wolf, under Zebra. -- Pouched frog Zool., the nototrema, the female of which has a dorsal pouch in which the eggs are hatched, and in which the young pass through their brief tadpole stage. -- Pouched gopher, ∨ Pouched rat. Zool. See Pocket gopher, under Pocket. -- Pouched mouse. Zool. See Pocket mouse, under Pocket.

 

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