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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 pouchplay

  Familiarity information: POUCHLIKE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POUCHLIKE (adjective)


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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