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pouch

[pauch] / paʊtʃ /
NOUN
soft container, often made of cloth or skin
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The whole seahorse body, with its bent head, gripping tail and brood pouch, has been built at least twice within a single fish family, the Syngnathidae, which includes seahorses, pipefishes, pipehorses and seadragons.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

It has the same horse-shaped head tilted down from the body, the same curled and grasping tail, and in the males a fully enclosed pouch for brooding the young.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Capri Sun is testing a refillable jumbo pouch roughly three times the size of its usual package.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Before entering 10C, everyone’s phones are locked away in a phone pouch that can be opened only by courthouse staff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

And then, with Thor tucked safely into his pouch, Bat went into his room to hang out with his friend.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

On Sept. 6, 650 people filled a theater and locked up their phones in Yondr pouches without knowing what they were about to see.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Emma said people with pouches could be self-conscious and sensitive and may be particularly concerned about being embarrassed during security checks.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Khadijah had insisted on nursing their newborn Aziza with her own breast milk, but Latif discovers that only a few pouches remain in the fridge and formula makes his baby sick.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

A study of nearly 5,000 schools nationwide that lock student phones in Yondr pouches found them to be an effective way to curb student phone use.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

Near the guns lay the cartridge pouches, Jonathan removed one cartridge.

From "The Fighting Ground" by Avi

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

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

The captain pouched five in total, equalling a 32-year old record held by South Africa great Jonty Rhodes for the most by a fielder in a single ODI.

From BBC ● May 29, 2025

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

From NewsForKids.net ● Nov. 28, 2024

Fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah was summoned and pouched a return catch off Foakes and when Shoaib Bashir was caught behind off Mukesh Kumar, Ashwin was given another shot at the milestone.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2024

He was very tall, with formidable hefty hind legs and a comical pouched face topped off by two immense ears which flopped about of their own accord.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

The district has left the choreography of pouching — and policing — to the schools.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2025

Two overs later De Villiers fell in similar fashion for 40, David Warner pouching an awkward catch at point.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2012

When Castro addressed an election-eve rally on Jan. 9, all his 71 years were recorded on his face: a beard grown gray, deep bags pouching out below red-rimmed eyes, age spots dotting his forehead.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then he opened his eyes and raised his head, pouching out his cheeks and sniffing at the two rabbits beside him.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Innominate aneurysm may be of the fusiform or of the sacculated variety, and is frequently associated with pouching of the aorta.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson


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