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MARSUPIUM (marsupia)
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Irregular inflected form: marsupia
Dictionary entry overview: What does marsupium mean?
• MARSUPIUM (noun)
The noun MARSUPIUM has 1 sense:
1. an external abdominal pouch in most marsupials where newborn offspring are suckled
Familiarity information: MARSUPIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An external abdominal pouch in most marsupials where newborn offspring are suckled
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("marsupium" is a kind of...):
pocket; pouch ((anatomy) saclike structure in any of various animals (as a marsupial or gopher or pelican))
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