Marsupium Definition
mär-so͝opē-əm
marsupia
noun
A fold of skin on the abdomen of a female marsupial, forming a pouch in which the newborn young are carried.
Webster's New World
A structure like this, in some crustaceans, fishes, etc.
Webster's New World
A temporary pouch in certain fishes, amphibians, and invertebrates in which eggs are carried until hatched.
American Heritage Medicine
Other Word Forms of Marsupium
Noun
Singular:
marsupium
Plural:
marsupiaOrigin of Marsupium
Late Latin marsūpium pouch from Latin marsīpium, marsuppium from Greek marsippion, marsuppion diminutive of marsippos, marsuppos purse perhaps of Iranian origin Avestan marsū- belly, paunch
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Latin marsÅ«pium, from Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsippion), diminutive of μάρσιπος (marsipos, “pouch"), perhaps of Oriental origin.
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