marsupium
mar.su.pi.um \-pe--*m\ \-pe--*\ n or mar.su.pia [NL, fr. L, purse, pouch, fr. Gk marsypion] pl 1: an abdominal pouch formed by a fold of the skin and enclosing the mammar y glands of most marsupials 2: any analogous structure in lower animals for enclosing or carrying eggs or young