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, or Pouched rat. Zool. See Pocket gopher, under Pocket.
Pouched mouse. Zool. See Pocket mouse, under Pocket.
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pouched mouse
n : any of numerous small sharp-nosed insectivorous marsupials
superficially resembling mice or rats [syn: marsupial
mouse, marsupial rat]