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Genetta, allied to the civets, but having the scent glands less developed, and without a pouch.

varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adapted for climbing.

A kind of pouch formerly worn at the girdle. Ld. Lytton. A gipser all of silk, Hung at his girdle, white as morné milk. Chaucer.

the genera Geomys and Thomomys, of the family Geomyidæ; -- called also pocket gopher and pouched rat. See Pocket gopher, and Tucan.

numerous species of burrowing rodents of the genera Tamias and Spermophilus, having cheek pouches. The former genus includes the Eastern striped squirrel or chipmunk and some allied Western species; the latter includes the prairie squirrel or striped gopher, the gray gopher, and many allied Western species. See Chipmun…

A small European rodent (Cricetus frumentarius). It is remarkable for having a pouch on each side of the jaw, under the skin, and for its migrations.

Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia.

immature. The female generally carries the young for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Called also Marsupiata.

Related to or resembling the marsupials; furnished with a pouch for the young, as the marsupials, and also some fishes and Crustacea.

The pouch, formed by a fold of the skin of the abdomen, in which marsupials carry their young; also, a pouch for similar use in other animals, as certain Crustacea.

rth America. The lower petal is two inches long, and forms a rose-colored moccasin-shaped pouch. It grows in rich woods under coniferous trees.

ith holes for cords by which it is connected, for convenience, with the inro, the smoking pouch (tabako-ire), and similar objects carried in the girdle. It is now much used on purses sold in Europe and America.

A South American bat of the genus Noctilio, having cheek pouches and large incisor teeth.

The pouched, or marsupial, frog of South America.

The pouch in which incubation takes place in some Tunicata.

and personal uses. A slight peculium only subtracted to supply his snuff box and tobacco pouch. Sir W. Scott.

n species are known. They have an enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is attached a pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily stored.

A pouchlike portion of the perianth in certain orchides.

with bony plates. The mouth is small, at the end of a long, tubular snout. The male has a pouch on his belly, in which the incubation of the eggs takes place.

A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth.