'Pouched mouse' definitions:
Definition of 'pouched mouse'
From: WordNet
noun
Any of numerous small sharp-nosed insectivorous marsupials superficially resembling mice or rats [syn: pouched mouse, marsupial mouse, marsupial rat]
Definition of 'Pouched mouse'
From: GCIDE
- Pouched \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. [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]