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brood pouch
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brood pouch [′brĂ¼d ‚pau̇ch]
(vertebrate zoology)
A pouch of an animal body where eggs or embryos undergo certain stages of development.


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guttulatus in the present study may have derived in part from depredation by other fishes during egg transfer to male brood pouches.
Also, these trilobites had brood pouches, Fortey says.
The brood pouches would have helped young trilobites survive.
 
 
 
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