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育児嚢 (いくじのう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

育いく児じ嚢のう

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Meanings

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noun

pouch (of a marsupial); marsupium

Biological term for the abdominal pouch in marsupials such as kangaroos and koalas where the young develop.

カンガルーの育いく児じ嚢のうには赤あかちゃんが入はいっている。
A baby kangaroo is inside the pouch.

Kanji

育bring up, grow up, raise
児newborn babe, child, young of animals
嚢pouch, purse, bag

Etymology

Compound of 育児 (child-rearing) + 嚢 (sac, pouch). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the marsupial pouch.