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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There was a wait to see if Jurel had pouched the catch, but there was no doubt.

From BBC

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

From NewsForKids.net

"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

If the fossil lampreys had similar capabilities to today’s pouched lamprey, Wu and colleagues write, Yanliaomyzon might have even been able to destroy the skulls of its fishy prey.

From National Geographic

Moeen only scored 12 before mistiming a lofted drive which was safely pouched by Tom Taylor off the bowling of David Willey.

From BBC

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