cheek pouches
Rodent food pockets
Cheek pouches are expandable pockets inside the mouths of certain animals, used for temporarily storing food.
Hamsters, chipmunks, and some monkeys stuff their cheek pouches with seeds or nuts to transport back to a cache or eat later: The hamster's cheek pouches bulged with sunflower seeds.
The pouches can stretch remarkably, sometimes holding more than the animal's head would suggest possible.
Excessive accumulation of goods
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- cacheConcealed storage spot
- stashHidden reserve
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
provisions · reserves · accumulation · transport · foraging · seeds · nuts · berries
Small burrowing pet rodent
- chipmunkStriped burrowing rodent
- squirrelBushy-tailed tree rodent
- gopherBurrowing North American rodent
- kangaroo ratNorth American hopping rodent
gerbil · marmot · ground squirrel · woodchuck · prairie dog · burrow · hoarding · gnawing
Pertaining to cheeks
- oral cavityMouth's interior chamber
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- elasticAble to stretch, rebounds
- expandableAble to be enlarged
distensible · muscular · epithelium · mucosa · sublingual · jaw · maxilla · mandible
hoarding
Excessive accumulation of goods
stockpile · provisions · reserves · accumulation · transport · foraging · seeds · nuts · berries · acorns
hamster
Small burrowing pet rodent
- chipmunkStriped burrowing rodent
- squirrelBushy-tailed tree rodent
- gopherBurrowing North American rodent
kangaroo rat · gerbil · marmot · ground squirrel · woodchuck · prairie dog · burrow · hoarding · gnawing · incisors
buccal
Pertaining to cheeks
- oral cavityMouth's interior chamber
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- elasticAble to stretch, rebounds
expandable · distensible · muscular · epithelium · mucosa · sublingual · jaw · maxilla · mandible · pharynx
macaque
Asian cheek-pouched primate
- baboonDog-snouted Old World monkey
- mandrillLarge colorful African primate
- capuchinMonkey resembling a friar
mangabey · langur · colobus · vervet · howler · spider monkey · marmoset · tamarin · saki · arboreal
forage
Seek food actively
scavenge · browse · sustenance · edibles · provisioning · nutrition · diet · omnivore · herbivore · mastication
cheek pouchesswallowing
Ingesting via throat muscles
gullet · esophagus · stomach · gut · intestines
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