brood pouch — brood pouch … Dictionary of ichthyology
brood-pouch — broodˈ pouch or broodˈ sac noun A body cavity, eg in viviparous cockroaches, in which eggs or embryos are received and developed • • • Main Entry: ↑brood … Useful english dictionary
brood-pouch — marsupium (the name applied to the brood pouch in Syngnathidae and Solenostomidae. In Syngnathidae it consists of a vascularized groove formed by flaps of skin along the underside of the tail of males (subcaudal marsupium); in Solenostomidae it… … Dictionary of ichthyology
Brood pouch (Peracarida) — The marsupium or brood pouch, in peracarida such as amphipods, isopods or cumaceans, is an egg chamber formed by the ventral plates. These are appendices which are attached to the coxae of the first pereopods. Females lay their eggs directly into … Wikipedia
brood pouch — noun : a sac or cavity of the body of an animal where the eggs or embryos are received and undergo a part of their development * * * n. a pouch in certain fish, frogs, and invertebrates in which the eggs are protected before hatching … Useful english dictionary
brood pouch — Any space or sac like cavity utilized as a uterus, in which eggs or embryos are developed; a brood chamber, ovisac or marsupium … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
brood-sac — broodˈ pouch or broodˈ sac noun A body cavity, eg in viviparous cockroaches, in which eggs or embryos are received and developed • • • Main Entry: ↑brood … Useful english dictionary
brood chamber — (Order Cumacea): In female, chamber formed on ventral surface of pereon by oostegites on last (third) maxillipeds and on first three pereopod pairs. (Syn. brood pouch, marsupium) [Stachowitsch, 1992]. (Order Leptostraca): In female, space between … Crustacea glossary
brood chamber — noun 1. : brood pouch 2. or brood nest in a beehive : the part of the comb set aside for brood rearing … Useful english dictionary
brood sac — A pouch formed from either one or two oostegites [Holdich and Jones, 1983] … Crustacea glossary
