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epipubic, a. Anat.|ɛpɪˈpjuːbɪk|
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Situated on the pubis; of the nature of an epipubis; = marsupial A. adj. 2 b.
1897Parker & Haswell Text-bk. Zool. II. 162 [Elasmo-branchii] In some cases a median epipubic process projects forwards from the pelvic arch. Ibid. 489 [Marsupials, Echidna] With the anterior border of the pubes are articulated a pair of large epi-pubic or ‘marsupial’ bones. 1951G. R. de Beer Vert. Zool. (ed. 2) xli. 390 Nearly all Marsupials have a marsupial pouch in the female and epipubic bones in both sexes. |