| 单词 | cheek pouch |
| 释义 | > as lemmascheek pouch cheek pouch n. a pouch-like enlargement of the cheek, esp. in certain rodents and monkeys, used for storing or carrying food. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [noun] > cheek-pouch cheek pouch1653 pouch1803 the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [noun] > monkey > parts of cheek pouch1653 palm1863 poma1889 1653 Ghost or Woman wears the Breeches 9 He has borrow'd sure a Cheek-pouch of some Monkey, and stuft it full with Bonds and interest money. 1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 80 It is probable that we shall have to separate from the Squirrels certain species which have cheek pouches like the Hamsters. 1986 R. Bakker Dinosaur Heresies (1988) viii. 171 Horned dinosaurs had cheek pouches and could employ tongue-cheek coordination to keep chopping the bolus into ever finer slices. 2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. xix. 481 The cercopithecines have cheek pouches (or buccal sacs) in which they store food. < as lemmas |
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