English Explanatory Dictionary

marsupium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.

Word forms

marsupium marsupiums marsupia

Etymology

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

Related words

marsupial marsupialization marsupialize

Translations

Catalan: marsupi Finnish: pussi Finnish: marsupium French: marsupium German: Beutel Greek: μάρσιπος Italian: marsupio Portuguese: marsúpio Russian: су́мка Spanish: marsupio Spanish: bolsa marsupial Turkish: kese
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