Jan. 9th, 2013

bursiform

Jan. 9th, 2013 07:17 am
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bursiform (BUR-suh-fawrm) - adj., shaped like a bag or purse; saccate.


Used primarily in zoology and anatomy for things that look like pouch, and not just marsupials either. Borrowed around 1835 from New Latin bursiformis, coined from Latin bursa, purse, pouch + form, shape of.

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