Henry's pocket

noun

The cutaneous marginal pouch in the ear of an animal, especially a cat or dog.

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Meanings

nounHenry's pocket (plural Henry's pockets)

plural Henry's pockets

  1. anatomyThe cutaneous marginal pouch in the ear of an animal, especially a cat or dog.

    [M]ites can be seen ... in Henry's pocket of the ear (especially in cats)

    1991, D. I. Grant, Skin Diseases in the Dog and Cat, 2nd edition, Oxford: Blackwell, →ISBN, page 44
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    If you examine a dog's ear very gently, you will find a little fold of skin ... known as Henry's pocket

    1971, Olive Royston, Living Creatures of an English Home, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, →ISBN, page 64

    The small folds of skin found inside cats' ears are called 'Henry's pockets'

    2021 March 26, “Feline Friday Adoptable 'Cool Cats'”, in Greenville Daily Advocate, Greenville, OH, page 2

Origin

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