pouched mouse

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

pouched mouse
    n 1: any of numerous small sharp-nosed insectivorous marsupials
         superficially resembling mice or rats [syn: {pouched
         mouse}, {marsupial mouse}, {marsupial rat}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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   {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}.
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