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Marsupium

noun

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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.

Etymology

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

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