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.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of bivalve mollusks of the genus
Pecten, and numerous allied genera (family
Pectinid[ae]); a scallop. See
Scallop.
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3. (Zo["o]l.) The comb of a scorpion. See
Comb, 4
(b) .
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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.
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