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  • v  put into a small bag
  • v  send by special mail that goes through diplomatic channels
  • v  swell or protrude outwards
  • a  having a pouch

  • Besides the familiar kangaroos (equivalent in habits to deer or antelopes), there are still pouched carnivora and pouched marsupial moles.
  • Guy found it, pouched it in silk against his travels, had it when he came back for Danzelbut she was gone with her father, Shadrach, to California of the '50s.
  • Prairie dogs and pouched rats are just two of the critters known as pocket pets that have surged in popularity lately.
News & Articles

  • Saber-Toothed Predator Had an 'Embarrassing' Bite
    More than 3 million years ago, a strange pouched predator stalked South America with fangs bigger than those of the fearsome saber-toothed cat.
    July 2, 2013 - LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News
  • Ancient Sabre-Like Toothed Predator Had Weaker Bite Than Domestic Cat
    April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Millions of years ago, a bizarre, pouched super- predator terrorized South America with huge saber-like teeth. New research from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), however, shows the Thylacosmilus atrox had a bite weaker than that of a domestic cat. Marsupials in Australia and America are among the closest living relatives of the ...
    July 2, 2013 - redOrbit
  • Curious mix of precision and brawn in a pouched super-predator
    A bizarre, pouched super-predator that terrorized South America millions of years ago had huge sabre-like teeth but its bite was weaker than that of a domestic cat, new research shows. To achieve a kill Thylacosmilus atrox must have secured and immobilized large prey using its extremely powerful forearms, before inserting the sabre-teeth into the windpipe or major arteries of the neck -- a mix ...
    July 1, 2013 - Science Daily
Quotes

  • Arthur Phillip in Sydney Morning Herald
    We may undergo hardships in this land of savages, pouched beasts and hot sand that really scalds your feet if you're not careful,wrote Captain Arthur Phillip in a little-known diary sewn into his best britches. "But I'll be damned if we...

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