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Pouched mouse

Pouched \Pouched\, a. (Zo["o]l.)

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

  2. Having external cheek pouches; as, the pouched gopher.

  3. Having internal cheek pouches; as, the pouched squirrels.

    Pouched dog. (Zo["o]l.) See Zebra wolf, under Zebra.

    Pouched frog (Zo["o]l.), 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. (Zo["o]l.) See Pocket gopher, under Pocket.

    Pouched mouse. (Zo["o]l.) See Pocket mouse, under Pocket.

WordNet
pouched mouse

n. any of numerous small sharp-nosed insectivorous marsupials superficially resembling mice or rats [syn: marsupial mouse, marsupial rat]

Usage examples of "pouched mouse".

There is a pouched mouse in Australia, though in this case the resemblance is not so close and it does not make its living in quite the same way.