marsupium

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The external pouch in which female marsupials rear and feed the young.
  2. A brood pouch in some fishes, crustaceans and insects in the family Monophlebidae.

词形变化

marsupiums plural marsupia plural

词汇关系

词源

Borrowed from Latin marsūpium, from Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, “pouch”), perhaps of Oriental origin.
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