pouch

n. [ F. poche a pocket, pouch, bag; probably of Teutonic origin. See Poke a bag, and cf. Poach to cook eggs, to plunder. ] 1. A small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for money; a shot pouch; a mail pouch, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is shaped like, or used as, a pouch; as: (a) A protuberant belly; a paunch; -- so called in ridicule. (b) (Zool.) A sac or bag for carrying food or young; as, the cheek pouches of certain rodents, and the pouch of marsupials. (c) (Med.) A cyst or sac containing fluid. S. Sharp. (d) (Bot.) A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse. (e) A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain, etc., from shifting. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pouch mouth, a mouth with blubbered or swollen lips. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Pouncet box. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a pouch mouth; blobber-lipped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A superior kind of souchong tea. De Colange. [ 1913 Webster ]