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单词 pouchless
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pouchlessadj.

Brit. /ˈpaʊtʃləs/, U.S. /ˈpaʊtʃləs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pouch n., -less suffix.
Etymology: < pouch n. + -less suffix.
Not having a pouch.In quot. 1804: pocketless, poor.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [adjective] > not marsupial
pouchless1804
1804 R. Couper Poetry ii. 105 Pouchless youth, pensive and blae, Press'd up life's weary, hopeless brae.
1888 Pop. Sci. Monthly Sept. 687 To be improved off the face of the earth by the keen competition of the pouchless mammals.
1924 W. Beebe Galapagos, World's End xv. 316 In the wind they [sc. frigate-birds] were put to constant effort in balancing, compared with their pouchless fellows.
1973 Amer. Naturalist 107 450 Epipubic bones are fully developed in pouchless male marsupials and monotremes and in the pouchless female platypus.
2000 Hobart (Austral.) Mercury (Nexis) 5 Oct. Eight pairs of grey short-tailed South American opossums, native to Brazil, were imported by the university... The 100g pouchless marsupials..breed prolifically.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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