brood pouch

British  

noun

1. a pouch or cavity in certain animals, such as frogs and fishes, in which their eggs develop and hatch

2. another name for marsupium

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Example Sentences

Following a mating dance, the female lays eggs in the male seahorse’s abdominal brood pouch where they are fertilized.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

As the embryos grew, the brood pouch became thinner and sprouted numerous blood vessels, just like a mammalian placenta during embryonic development, the researchers report this month in Placenta.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 23, 2021

Finally, they will put their brood pouch over it, in order to keep it warm and shielded from the elements.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2021

The male sea horse has a brood pouch that receives his mate’s eggs for fertilization and in which he nurtures the resulting offspring until birth.

From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2019

We identified an astacin metalloprotease gene family that has undergone expansion and is highly expressed in the male brood pouch.

From Nature • Dec. 13, 2016