kangaroo pouch
Marsupial baby pocket
The kangaroo pouch is the external pocket of skin on a female kangaroo's belly where newborn joeys develop after birth.
The infant, born tiny and undeveloped, crawls into the pouch to nurse and grow for several months.
The term extends to any pocket or bag worn at the front of the body: a kangaroo pouch for carrying the baby.
- joeyYoung marsupial offspring
- marsupialPouch-bearing mammal
- babyVery young child
- little oneYoung child, fondly
- pocketFabric compartment in clothing
fur · warm · body heat · snug · hopping · Australia · outback · wallaby · nursing · maternal · cozy · carrying · tucked · snuggled up · protected · belly · soft · safe haven
- brood pouchesmarsupium
- pouches
- nestsmud nest, robin nest, owl nest, hummingbird nest, woven
reproductive development location
kangaroo pouchwomb
Fetal development organ
uterus · placenta · egg · amniotic sac · nest
enclosure/exposure
kangaroo pouchopen air
Unenclosed outdoor space
pouchless · exposed · unprotected · outside world · independence