Marsupium

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The external pouch in which female marsupials rear and feed the young.
  2. 2
    an external abdominal pouch in most marsupials where newborn offspring are suckled wordnet
  3. 3
    A brood pouch in some fishes, crustaceans and insects in the family Monophlebidae.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin marsūpium, from Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, “pouch”), perhaps of Oriental origin.

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