pouch-mouth — … Useful english dictionary
Pouch — Pouch, n. [F. poche a pocket, pouch, bag; probably of Teutonic origin. See {Poke} a bag, and cf. {Poach} to cook eggs, to plunder.] 1. A small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for money; a shot pouch; a mail pouch, etc. [1913 Webster] 2 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pouch-mouthed — a. Having a pouch mouth; blobber lipped. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cheek pouch — noun a membranous pouch inside the mouth of many rodents (as a gopher) • Hypernyms: ↑pouch, ↑pocket * * * noun : a saclike dilatation of the cheeks of certain monkeys and rodents used for holding food * * * a sac in the cheek of certain animals,… … Useful english dictionary
Rathke's pouch — Infobox Embryology Name = PAGENAME Latin = GraySubject = 275 GrayPage = 1277 Caption = Sketches in profile of two stages in the development of the human digestive tube. Caption2 = CarnegieStage = 10 Precursor = GivesRiseTo = anterior pituitary… … Wikipedia
craniobuccal pouch — Rathke s pouch (an embryonic invagination of the stomodeal ectoderm (roof of the embryonic mouth) which migrates dorsally to come into contact with diencephalon. It differentiates into the anterior pituitary gland or adenohypohysis. It becomes a… … Dictionary of ichthyology
Rathke's pouch — an embryonic invagination of the stomodeal ectoderm (roof of the embryonic mouth) which migrates dorsally to come into contact with diencephalon. It differentiates into the anterior pituitary gland or adenohypohysis. It becomes a blind naso… … Dictionary of ichthyology
gill pouch — the sac containing the gills and communicating with the mouth cavity and with the exterior in Myxini and Petromyzontiformes … Dictionary of ichthyology
Spawn (biology) — The spawn (eggs) of a clownfish. The black spots are the eyes developing. Spawn refers to the eggs and sperm released or deposited, usually into water, by aquatic animals. As a verb, spawn refers to the process of releasing the eggs and sperm,… … Wikipedia
Anura — ▪ amphibian order Introduction also called Salientia one of the major extant orders of the class Amphibia (amphibian). It includes the frogs (frog) and toads (toad), which, because of their wide distribution, are known by most people around… … Universalium
