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marsupium

[ mahr-soo-pee-uhm ]

noun

, plural mar·su·pi·a [mahr-, soo, -pee-, uh].
  1. the pouch or fold of skin on the abdomen of a female marsupial.


marsupium

/ -ˈsuː-; mɑːˈsjuːpɪəm /

noun

  1. an external pouch in most female marsupials within which the newly born offspring are suckled and complete their development
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

Name a diminutive of marsupium, a pouch, from the form of the perianth.

These are distinguished by the possession of a permanent nursery-pocket, the "marsupium."

That there is more than one pouch makes a comparison with the mammary pouch rather than with the marsupium probable.

Mammals belonging to quite different Orders show traces more or less marked of a marsupium.

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