Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An external pouch or fold on the abdomen of most female marsupials, containing the mammary glands and in which the young continue to develop after leaving the uterus.
- noun A temporary pouch in certain fishes, amphibians, and invertebrates in which eggs are carried until hatched.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Roman antiquity, a purse of the kind usually borne in the hand of Mercury, and indicating his character as god of gain.
- noun In medicine, a sack or bag in which any part of the body is fomented.
- noun In zoology, a purse- or pouch-like receptacle for the eggs or young, more external than any of the proper organs of gestation; a brood-pouch of any kind.
- noun In anatomy, the alar ligaments (which see, under
alar ).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
- noun The pecten in the eye of birds and reptiles. See
pecten .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
external pouch in which femalemarsupials rear and feed the young - noun A
brood pouch in somefishes ,crustaceans andinsects in the familyMonophlebidae
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an external abdominal pouch in most marsupials where newborn offspring are suckled
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Superficially, mysidaceans look much like small shrimp, and since they have a ventral marsupium, they are often called opossum shrimp.
Crustacea 2008
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He then releases sperm which she sweeps into her marsupium by vibrating her pleopods.
Crustacea 2008
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They form a shallow chamber on the ventral surface of the thorax called a marsupium.
Crustacea 2008
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The incubating eggs and newly hatched young remain in the marsupium for up to one month.
Crustacea 2008
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The newly hatched young amphipods stay in the marsupium until the female undergoes a post-copulatory moult.
Crustacea 2008
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They are large and platelike, and form the marsupium, in which the eggs and developing young are protected.
Crustacea 2008
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Females have a marsupium in which they brood their young until they are ready to be released into the environment.
Crustacea 2008
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Copulation consists of the male wrapping the posterior part of his body around the female's ventral side, bringing his uropods in close proximity to her marsupium.
Crustacea 2008
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After mating is complete, the female releases eggs into her marsupium where fertilization takes place.
Crustacea 2008
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After 1 to 10 months, the eggs are fertilized and pass into the marsupium.
Crustacea 2008
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