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marsupium
[ mahr-soo-pee-uhm ]
noun
, plural mar·su·pi·a [mahr-, soo, -pee-, uh].
- the pouch or fold of skin on the abdomen of a female marsupial.
marsupium
/ -ˈsuː-; mɑːˈsjuːpɪəm /
noun
- an external pouch in most female marsupials within which the newly born offspring are suckled and complete their development
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Word History and Origins
Origin of marsupium1
1690–1700; < New Latin, variant of Latin marsuppium pouch, purse < Greek marsýppion, diminutive of mársippos a bag, pouch
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Word History and Origins
Origin of marsupium1
C17: New Latin, from Latin: purse, from Greek marsupion, diminutive of marsipos
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Example Sentences
These bones however have no connection with the marsupium, being nearly equally developed in both male and female.
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Name a diminutive of marsupium, a pouch, from the form of the perianth.
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These are distinguished by the possession of a permanent nursery-pocket, the "marsupium."
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That there is more than one pouch makes a comparison with the mammary pouch rather than with the marsupium probable.
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Mammals belonging to quite different Orders show traces more or less marked of a marsupium.
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