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pouch⋅y

[pou-chee]
–adjective, pouch⋅i⋅er, pouch⋅i⋅est.
possessing or resembling a pouch: pouchy folds under the eyes.

Origin:
1820–30; pouch + -y 1
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pouch   (pouch)   
n.  
  1. A small bag often closing with a drawstring and used especially for carrying loose items in one's pocket.

  2. A bag or sack used to carry mail or diplomatic dispatches.

  3. A leather bag or case for carrying powder or small-arms ammunition.

  4. A sealed plastic or foil container used in packaging frozen or dehydrated food.

  5. Something resembling a bag in shape: one's pouches under one's eyes.

  6. Zoology A saclike structure, such as the cheek pockets of the gopher or the external abdominal pocket in which marsupials carry their young.

  7. Anatomy A pocketlike space in the body: the pharyngeal pouch.

  8. Scots A pocket.

  9. Archaic A purse for small coins.

v.   pouched, pouch·ing, pouch·es

v.   tr.
  1. To place in or as if in a pouch; pocket.

  2. To cause to resemble a pouch.

  3. To swallow. Used of certain birds or fishes.

v.   intr.
To assume the form of a pouch or pouchlike cavity.

[Middle English, from Old French, of Germanic origin.]
pouch'y adj.
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