marsupium

marsupium
    n 1: an external abdominal pouch in most marsupials where
         newborn offspring are suckled
    

Pecten \Pec"ten\, n. [L. pecten, -inis, a comb, a kind of
   shellfish. See {Pectinate}.]
   1. (Anat.)
      (a) A vascular pigmented membrane projecting into the
          vitreous humor within the globe of the eye in birds,
          and in many reptiles and fishes; -- also called
          {marsupium}.
      (b) The pubic bone.
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   2. (Zool.) Any species of bivalve mollusks of the genus
      {Pecten}, and numerous allied genera (family
      {Pectinid[ae]}); a scallop. See {Scallop}.
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   3. (Zool.) The comb of a scorpion. See {Comb}, 4
      (b) .
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marsupium \mar*su"pi*um\, n.; pl. {marsupia}. [L., a pouch],
   (Anat. & Zool.)
   (a) The pouch, formed by a fold of the skin of the abdomen,
       in which marsupials carry their young; also, a pouch for
       similar use in other animals, as certain Crustacea.
   (b) The pecten in the eye of birds and reptiles. See
       {Pecten}.
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