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
Syngnathids are also unique among vertebrates due to their ‘male pregnancy’, whereby males nourish developing embryos in a brood pouch until hatching and parturition occurs2, 3.
From Nature ● Dec. 13, 2016
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