Marsupium (noun)
mar-soop-ee-um
A pouch that protects eggs, offspring, or reproductive structures, especially the pouch of a female marsupial mammal.
Mid 17th century via Latin from Greek marsupion, diminutive of marsipos ‘purse’.
Example sentences
“The rescue centres have made makeshift marsupiums for the orphans to try and save them.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
