pouched

American

[poucht] / paʊtʃt /

adjective

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

pouched British

/ paʊtʃt /

adjective

having a pouch or pouches

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Other Word Forms

unpouched

adjective

Etymology

Origin of pouched

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

Example Sentences

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pouched

He estimates roughly 85 CoreWeave employees have been pouched by OpenAI and Anthropic this year alone.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Ronin, an African giant pouched rat, has uncovered 109 landmines and 15 items of unexploded ordnance since 2021, charity Apopo, which trains the animals, said in a statement.

From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2025

African giant pouched rats are the largest rats in the world.

From NewsForKids.net ● Nov. 28, 2024

"They show the world that long before Australia became the land of pouched mammals, marsupials, this was a land of furry egg-layers - monotremes," Ms Smith says.

From BBC ● May 27, 2024

His fat, mottled cheeks were so pouched at the bottom that it was dif-ficult not to believe that he had little stores of food tucked away there.

From "1984" by George Orwell

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