pouch
A small bag usually closed with a drawstringA small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
» Female kangaroos carry their young in their pouches.
Känguruhweibchen tragen ihre Jungen in ihrem Beutel.
Самки кенгуру носят своих детёнышей в сумке.
Самки кенгуру носят детёнышей в своей сумке.
Meaning
7 sensesA small bag usually closed with a drawstring.
Beutel
су́мкаsúmka, мешо́чекmešóček, мешо́кmešók
торби́нкаtorbýnka, міше́чокmišéčok
An organic pocket in which a marsupial carries its young.
Beutel
су́мкаsúmka
су́мкаsúmka
Any pocket or bag-shaped object, such as a cheek pouch.
(dated, derogatory, slang)A protuberant belly; a paunch.
A cyst or sac containing fluid.
A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse.
A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain etc. from shifting.
- a small or medium size container for holding or carrying things
- (anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican)
- an enclosed space
Examples
17 sentencesFemale kangaroos carry their young in their pouches.
ruСамки кенгуру носят своих детёнышей в сумке.
deKänguruhweibchen tragen ihre Jungen in ihrem Beutel.
A female kangaroo carries its young in its pouch.
ruСамка кенгуру носит своих детёнышей в сумке.
A female kangaroo carries her young in her pouch.
ruСамка кенгуру носит своих детёнышей в сумке.
Santiago put the money in his pouch.
Marsupials have pouches to carry their young in.
deBeuteltiere haben Beutel, um ihre Jungen darin zu tragen.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English pouche, poche, borrowed from Old Northern French pouche, from Old FrenFrom Middle English pouche, poche, borrowed from Old Northern French pouche, from Old French poche, puche (whence French poche; compare also the Anglo-Norman variant poke), of Germanic origin: from Frankish *poka (“pouch”) (compare Middle Dutch poke, Old English pohha, dialectal German Pfoch). Doublet of poke; compare pocket.
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