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| mar·su·pi·um [ maar spee əm ] (plural mar·su·pi·a [ maar spee ə ]) |
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pouch on marsupials: a pouch on the abdomen of most marsupials that encloses the mammary glands and in which the animal's newly born offspring complete their development
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| [Mid-17th century. Via Latin marsupium< Greek marsupion "pouch," literally "little purse" < marsippos "purse"] |
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