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Henry's pocket
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Etymology
Etymology en 1.
Noun
en anatomy zoology The cutaneous marginal pouch in the ear of an animal, especially a cat or dog.
en 1971 Olive Royston Living Creatures of an English Home https://archive.org/details/livingcreatureso0000roys/page/64/mode/2up 64 Routledge & Kegan Paul London 0 7100 6919 7 If you examine a dog's ear very gently, you will find a little fold of skin ... known as Henry's pocket
en 1991 D. I. Grant 2nd Skin Diseases in the Dog and Cat https://archive.org/details/skindiseasesindo0000gran/page/44/mode/2up 44 Blackwell Oxford 0-632-02935-8 [M]ites can be seen ... in Henry's pocket of the ear (especially in cats)
en 2021-03-26 Greenville Daily Advocate Feline Friday Adoptable 'Cool Cats' Greenville, OH 2 The small folds of skin found inside cats' ears are called 'Henry's pockets'
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