Pouch1, n.
n. [Fr. poche, a pocket, pouch, bag, from A-S. poca, poha, pocca. See POKE.]
Sense 1. A small bag; usually, a leather bag; as, a pouch for money, or for provisions; a shot pouch, and the like.
Sense 2. That which is shaped like or used as a pouch; as, (a.) A protuberant belly;—so called in contempt or ridicule. (b.) The bag or sack of a bird, as that of the pelican; also, the crop of a bird. (c.) (Med.) A cyst or sac containing watery fluid. Sharp. (d.) (Bot.) A silicle, or short pod, as of some plants. Gray. (e.) A membranous sack in which the young of marsupials are carried; as, the pouch of the opossum and kangaroo.