Cheek Pouch (Noun)
Meaning
A membranous pouch inside the mouth of many rodents (as a gopher).
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- A hamster uses its cheek pouch to carry food back to its nest for storage.
- Rodents, including gophers, are well-known for storing food in their spacious cheek pouch.
- As the mouse gathered nuts for winter, its cheek pouch became increasingly full.
- In a matter of minutes, the squirrel filled its cheek pouch with a collection of shiny pebbles and other knick-knacks.
- Gophers primarily rely on their versatile cheek pouch to move small amounts of earth or rocks out of their burrows.