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Definition of: marsupium
(mär·s
′pē·əm) noun plural ·pi·a (-pē·ə)
A pouchlike invagination; specifically, a brood pouch or external receptacle for carrying young, as on the abdomen of marsupials. [<L, a pouch, purse <Gk. marsypion, dim. of marsipos]
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