Found 2 items, similar to marsupium.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: marsupium marsupium n : an external abdominal pouch in most marsupials where newborn offspring are suckled [also: marsupia (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: marsupium 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. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten, and numerous allied genera (family Pectinid[ae]); a scallop. See Scallop. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo["o]l.) The comb of a scorpion. See Comb, 4 (b) . [1913 Webster] marsupium \mar*su"pi*um\, n.; pl. marsupia. [L., a pouch], (Anat. & Zo["o]l.) (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]