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POUCHLIKE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pouchlike mean?
• POUCHLIKE (adjective)
The adjective POUCHLIKE has 1 sense:
1. shaped like a pouch
Familiarity information: POUCHLIKE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shaped like a pouch
Synonyms:
bursiform; pouch-shaped; pouchlike; saclike
Similar:
concave (curving inward)
Context examples
Furrows, with pouchlike recesses at the lower end, separating the rectal columns.
(Anal Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
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