brood pouch
Britishnoun
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a pouch or cavity in certain animals, such as frogs and fishes, in which their eggs develop and hatch
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another name for marsupium
Example Sentences
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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
Within 24 hours of giving birth, the male’s brood pouch had reverted to its prepregnancy form.
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
Of the six duplicated genes in seahorse, five are highly expressed in the male brood pouch, suggesting that they may be involved in male pregnancy, possibly through rewiring of their regulatory network.
From Nature • Dec. 13, 2016
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