pouched
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- unpouched adjective
Etymology
Origin of pouched
Example Sentences
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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
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 • Oct. 31, 2023
The findings, detailed in 11 studies published in the journal Science, involved placentals, by far the world's most common mammalian assemblage, known for giving birth to well-developed babies, and not egg-laying monotremes or pouched marsupials.
From Reuters • Apr. 27, 2023
Her hair was mostly grey, now, and her face was pouched, and wrinkled at the throat and eyes and at the corners of the mouth.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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