marsupium

Etymology

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

noun

  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.

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