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marsupium
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marsupium
(gcide) | Pecten \Pec"ten\, n. [L. pecten, -inis, a comb, a kind of
shellfish. See Pectinate.]
1. (Anat.)
(a) A vascular pigmented membrane projecting into the
vitreous humor within the globe of the eye in birds,
and in many reptiles and fishes; -- also called
marsupium.
(b) The pubic bone.
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2. (Zool.) Any species of bivalve mollusks of the genus
Pecten, and numerous allied genera (family
Pectinid[ae]); a scallop. See Scallop.
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3. (Zool.) The comb of a scorpion. See Comb, 4
(b) .
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marsupium
(gcide) | marsupium \mar*su"pi*um\, n.; pl. marsupia. [L., a pouch],
(Anat. & Zool.)
(a) The pouch, formed by a fold of the skin of the abdomen,
in which marsupials carry their young; also, a pouch for
similar use in other animals, as certain Crustacea.
(b) The pecten in the eye of birds and reptiles. See
Pecten.
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marsupium
(wn) | marsupium
n 1: an external abdominal pouch in most marsupials where
newborn offspring are suckled |
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Pterocarpus Marsupium
(gcide) | Kino \Ki"no\, n.
The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in
tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine.
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Note: The chief supply is from an East Indian leguminous
tree, the Pterocarpus Marsupium. Other sources are
the African Pterocarpus erinaceus, the tropical
American sea grape (Coccoloba uvifera), and several
Australian Eucalypti. See Botany bay kino, under
Botany bay, Gum butea, under Gum, and
Eucalyptus.
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pterocarpus marsupium
(wn) | Pterocarpus marsupium
n 1: East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used
medicinally and in e.g. tanning [syn: kino, {Pterocarpus
marsupium}] |
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