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Kangeroo's pouch
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marsupium
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Wiktionary
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n. 1 The external pouch in which female marsupials rear and feed the young 2 A brood pouch in some fishes, crustaceans and insects in the family Monophlebidae
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Marsupium is the Latin word for a (brood) pouch in several animal groups: Pouch (marsupial) , in marsupials Brood pouch (Peracarida) , in peracarid crustaceans Brood pouch (Syngnathidae) , in syngnathids such as sea horses Brood pouch (gastropod) , a part ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pecten \Pec"ten\, n. [L. pecten, -inis, a comb, a kind of shellfish. See Pectinate .] (Anat.) A vascular pigmented membrane projecting into the vitreous humor within the globe of the eye in birds, and in many reptiles and fishes; -- also called marsupium ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an external abdominal pouch in most marsupials where newborn offspring are suckled [also: marsupia (pl)]
Usage examples of marsupium.
Darcy watched a forlorn family prise open a badly contorted marsupium shell with deep scorch marks on the oyster-coloured casing.
That made things easier for some of our males who had marsupiums full of babies.
Red Gum is official in Great Britain, being imported from Australia, though the Kino generally employed here as the official drug is derived from Pterocarpus Marsupium, a member of the order Leguminosae, East Indian, or Malabar Kino, and is administered in doses of 5 to 20 grains powdered, or 1/2 to 1 drachm of the tincture.