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A pouch in the cheek of some animals, usually used to carry food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology
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a membranous pouch inside the mouth of many rodents (as a gopher)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pouch, pocket
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Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Azerbaijani:
ovurd
— pouch in the cheek
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Chinese Mandarin:
頰囊 /颊囊
(jiánáng)
— pouch in the cheek
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Finnish:
poskipussi
— pouch in the cheek
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French:
abajoue
— pouch in the cheek
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Galician:
abazón
— pouch in the cheek
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German:
Backentasche
— pouch in the cheek
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Hungarian:
pofazacskó
— pouch in the cheek
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Portuguese:
bolsa jugal
— pouch in the cheek
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Russian:
защёчный мешо́к
(zaščóčnyj mešók)
— pouch in the cheek
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Spanish:
abazón
— pouch in the cheek
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Swedish:
kindpåse
— pouch in the cheek
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Turkish:
avurt
— pouch in the cheek
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Ottoman Turkish:
آورد
(avurd)
— pouch in the cheek
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Welsh:
bochgoden
— pouch in the cheek