pouched rat
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| Noun | 1. |  pouched rat - burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North Americapocket rat - any of various rodents with cheek pouches family Geomyidae, Geomyidae - North American pocket gophers Geomys bursarius, plains pocket gopher - gopher of chiefly grasslands of central North America Geomys pinetis, southeastern pocket gopher - gopher of Alabama and Georgia and Florida Thomomys bottae, valley pocket gopher - of valleys and mountain meadows of western United States northern pocket gopher, Thomomys talpoides - greyish to brown gopher of western and central United States |