頬袋(ほおぶくろ)

ほおぶくろ
noun
cheek pouch
animal-mammalbody-part
1. cheek pouch (of an animal)
An expandable pouch inside the cheek of certain animals, such as squirrels and hamsters, used to carry food back to a nest or storage site.
ハムスターは頬袋(ほおぶくろ)に餌(えさ)をためこむ。
Hamsters store food in their cheek pouches.
栗鼠(りす)の頬袋(ほおぶくろ)はぱんぱんに膨(ふく)らんでいた。
The squirrel's cheek pouches were bulging full.
頬袋(ほおぶくろ)に食(た)べ物(もの)を詰(つ)め込(こ)む様子(ようす)が動画(どうが)で話題(わだい)になった。
A video of it stuffing food into its cheek pouches became a talking point.

頬(ほお) (cheek) + 袋(ふくろ) (pouch/bag): the internal pouch that lets rodents such as hamsters and squirrels carry a large amount of food at once, visibly bulging their cheeks.

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Related: 栗鼠(りす) (squirrel)
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Added 2026.9.12 21:47 · Revised 2026.9.12 21:50
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