marsupium

/mahr-soo-pee-uhm/US // mɑrˈsu pi əm //UK // (mɑːˈsjuːpɪəm, -ˈsuː-) //

菝葜,沼泽地,火山口,火山砾石

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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

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.