| appendix |
a short closed tube of tissue that projects from the pouch at the beginning of the large intestine in the lower right-hand side of the abdomen; vermiform appendix. [1/3 definitions] |
| bag |
a soft container made of cloth, paper, or leather, used to hold things; sack; pouch. [1/4 definitions] |
| bladder |
an expandable sac or pouch in humans and animals in which gas or liquid, esp. urine, collects. [1/3 definitions] |
| cecum |
a cavity opening at only one end, esp. the pouch at the head of the large intestine. |
| codpiece |
a pouch or flap attached to the front of men's tight-fitting breeches or hose that concealed the crotch. Codpieces were typically used in the fifteen and sixteenth centuries in Europe. |
| cormorant |
any of several dark-colored, long-necked seabirds having a hooked bill and an expandable food pouch, often brightly colored, under the bill. |
| craw |
the pouch in the gullet of a bird or insect in which food is held and may be partially digested; crop. [1/2 definitions] |
| crop |
a pouch in the digestive system of a bird, between its mouth and stomach. The crop stores food and prepares it for digestion. [1/7 definitions] |
| crosse |
a long-handled stick with a net pouch attached to one end, used to catch, throw, or carry a lacrosse ball. |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| diverticulum |
a tubular pouch or sac that branches out from a body canal, organ, or cavity, occurring as a normal or abnormal growth. |
| egg sac |
the pouch or cocoon in which many types of spiders deposit their eggs. [1/2 definitions] |
| jockstrap |
an elastic strap with a pouch to support a male's genitals during athletic activities; athletic supporter. |
| kangaroo |
a mammal with long pointed ears, short front legs, and big, powerful back legs. Kangaroos use their large tails for balance when hopping. Kangaroos are marsupials that live in Australia and New Guinea. The females have a pouch in their belly, where they carry their baby for a few months after it is born. Some kinds of kangaroos are as small as rabbits; other kinds are as large as grown humans. |
| koala |
a mammal with gray fur, round ears, and a short black nose. Koalas are marsupials and live in trees. The female has a pouch in her belly where she carries her baby. Koalas are only found in Australia. They are sometimes called "koala bears," but they are not related to true bears. |
| lacrosse |
a field game played by two teams of ten players each who use a long-handled stick with a net pouch on one end to carry or throw a ball into the opponent's goal. |
| marsupial |
an animal in a group of mammals that includes kangaroos and opossums. Female marsupials have a pouch outside their belly where the mother carries her young after they are born. Most marsupials live in Australia. |
| marsupium |
an external abdominal pouch or fold of skin bearing mammary glands in which a female marsupial keeps her young. |
| numbat |
any of several small Australian marsupials that have no pouch. |
| opossum |
a small mammal with gray fur, a pointed nose, and a long tail, which it uses to hang from tree branches. The common opossum is the only marsupial that lives in North America. Several other kinds of opossums live in Central and South America. The female opossum carries her young in a pouch in her belly. [1/2 definitions] |
| opossum shrimp |
a small shrimplike crustacean, the female of which carries her eggs in a pouch between the legs. |