marsupium

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. an external abdominal pouch in most marsupials where newborn offspring are suckled
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Pecten \Pec"ten\, n. [L. pecten, -inis, a comb, a kind of shellfish. See Pectinate.]

1.(Anat.) (a) 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. (b) The pubic bone. [1913 Webster]

2.(Zool.) Any species of bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten, and numerous allied genera (family Pectinid[ae]); a scallop. See Scallop. [1913 Webster]

3.(Zool.) The comb of a scorpion. See Comb, 4 (b) . [1913 Webster]

marsupium \mar*su"pi*um\, n.; pl. marsupia. [L., a pouch], (Anat. & Zool.) (a) The pouch, formed by a fold of the skin of the abdomen, in which marsupials carry their young; also, a pouch for similar use in other animals, as certain Crustacea. (b) The pecten in the eye of birds and reptiles. See Pecten. [1913 Webster]
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