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marsupium

NOUN
  1. an external abdominal pouch in most marsupials where newborn offspring are suckled

How To Use marsupium In A Sentence

  • He then releases sperm which she sweeps into her marsupium by vibrating her pleopods. Crustacea
  • Their marsupium is well developed, opens to the rear, and contains only 2 teats.
  • The talawa savannas are characterized by Terminalia chebula, T. belerica, Pterocarpus marsupium, Butea monosperma, Careya arborea, Anogeissus latifolia, Phyllanthus embilica, and Zizyphus spp .. Sri Lanka dry-zone dry evergreen forests
  • They are large and platelike, and form the marsupium, in which the eggs and developing young are protected. Crustacea
  • Australia and Tasmania are the residence of the curious family of animals with pouches, called Marsupialia, from _marsupium_, signifying a purse or bag. Harper's Young People, March 2, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly
  • Females have a marsupium in which they brood their young until they are ready to be released into the environment. Crustacea
  • Members of this family have a well developed marsupium that opens anteriorly.
  • The newly hatched young amphipods stay in the marsupium until the female undergoes a post-copulatory moult. Crustacea
  • The incubating eggs and newly hatched young remain in the marsupium for up to one month. Crustacea
  • Superficially, mysidaceans look much like small shrimp, and since they have a ventral marsupium, they are often called opossum shrimp. Crustacea
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