Pouched

The giant rat, also known as the pouched rat, is one of Africa's largest rodents.! ❋ Unknown (1991)

The man who had shown the small gold coin pouched it again and walked on. ❋ David Christie Murray (N/A)

- Preservatives are not added to canned or "pouched" foods.

In recent years, officials have had to contend with Burmese pythons, which prey on native species; Gambian pouched rats, which can grow to the size of a cat and wreak havoc on crops; and pink hibiscus mealybugs, which inject toxic venom into plants. ❋ Arian Campo-Flores (2011)

Apopo primarily trains African giant pouched rats to sniff land mines for de-mining activities in Mozambique, Thailand and other countries. ❋ Frances Robinson (2011)

Yashica is an African giant pouched rat, Cricetomys gambianus , that on a recent afternoon at the zoo here demonstrated his preternatural sense of smell by scuttling along a metal bench and sniffing out splotches of grenadine syrup. ❋ Frances Robinson (2011)

The African giant pouched rat is three feet long nose to tail on average and lives about six to eight years. ❋ Frances Robinson (2011)

For just as long as it takes the old gent to land another bunch of gold-pouched, retriever-snouted treasure-hunters, and no longer. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In 1997, Mr. Weetjens, who now spends most of his time in Tanzania, set up Apopo to train giant pouched rats to detect TNT, an ingredient in most mines, and to deploy them on the minefields of Africa. ❋ Frances Robinson (2011)

Collingwood's obituaries this week would do well to dwell on his contributions earlier in the day when he removed Mike Hussey with the ball and then pouched Steven Smith at slip. ❋ Michael Atherton (2011)

Another huge Gambian pouched rat made headlines last year when it was killed in Brooklyn's Marcy houses. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Maybe it's the pouched eyes or the deep furrows that stripe his forehead, apparent testament to years of worries and wounds and woes. ❋ Joanne Kaufman (2011)

"I'm 90 percent certain that it's a a Gambian pouched rat." ❋ Unknown (2012)

“Accordingly, your canned tuna and pouched packed tuna are adulterated, in that they have been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have been rendered injurious to health,” the FDA wrote in a letter to the company on March 1. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Gambian pouched rats were once imported to the United States for sale as pets, but abc.net.au reports that an outbreak of monkeypox in the early 2000s caused the importation of African rodents to be banned. ❋ Unknown (2012)

What comedy there wa s came from Mr. Anderson who, having pouched Mr. Johnson at square leg, began to celebrate only to collapse with cramp to the amusement of his colleagues. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But actually, all mammals now living except for the pouched marsupials like kangaroos and the egg-laying platypus and echidna share at least 90 percent of their genetic material with humans. ❋ Sy Montgomery (2010)

Her black cardigan pouched out at precisely the wrong place, making her belly appear even bigger than it was. ❋ Jenny Nelson (2010)

All eyes fell on the blond man, whose eyes were red and pouched. ❋ BILL FLANAGAN (2010)