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Definition of Marsupia
1. marsupium [n] - See also: marsupium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marsupia
Literary usage of Marsupia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"A. marsupia permanently differentiated in the outer branchiae (winter breeders).
/. ... marsupia occupying almost the whole margin of the branchiae, ..."
2. Fresh-water Biology by Henry Baldwin Ward, George Chandler Whipple (1918)
"114(115) Outer gills only serving as marsupia. Shell rounded; beaks sculptured
with numerous fine irregular corrugations; hinge complete; nacre violet ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"marsupia, ». Plural of marsupium. marsupial (mar-su'pi-al), a. and n. ...
+ -c(ft,~\ Same as marsupial. marsupium (mar-su'pi-um), и. ; pi. marsupia (-ä). ..."
4. Zoology for High Schools and Colleges by Alpheus Spring Packard (1879)
"... found by Philippi to carry its young in marsupia and to develop directly.
Several species of sea-urchins in the cooler portions of the South Atlantic, ..."
5. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Chambers, W. and R., publ (1876)
"... in the organs of eneration and mode of reproduction that these marsupia'LIA,
or marsupia'TA, an extensive order or group of mammals, ..."
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