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| cheek |
anything resembling a human cheek in its form or placement. [1/3 definitions] |
| gopher |
a short-tailed burrowing rodent of North and Central America that has external cheek pouches; pocket gopher. [1/2 definitions] |
| ground squirrel |
any of various burrowing rodents, such as chipmunks, that differ from true squirrels in having cheek pouches and shorter fur. |
| hamster |
any of several short-tailed, round-bodied Eurasian rodents that have large cheek pouches, often kept as pets or laboratory animals. |
| jowl1 |
a cheek. [1/2 definitions] |
| kissing cousin |
(informal) a distant relative who is known well enough to be greeted with a kiss on the cheek. [1/2 definitions] |
| macaque |
any of a family of monkeys of the East Indies, Asia, and Africa that have cheek pouches and tails that are not prehensile, such as the rhesus monkey. |
| pocket mouse |
any of various small, nocturnal desert-dwelling North American rodents that have fur-lined cheek pouches. |
| snaffle |
a horse's bit that has two bars with a center joint, and rings on either end to which the cheek strap and rein are secured. [1/2 definitions] |
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