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  2. Pouch (marsupial) - Wikipedia

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    Kangaroo joey inside the pouch Female eastern grey kangaroo with mature joey in pouch. The pouch is a distinguishing feature of female marsupials and monotremes, [1] [2] [3] and rarely in males as well, such as in the yapok [4] and the extinct thylacine. The name marsupial is derived from the Latin marsupium, meaning "pouch".

  3. Secondary sex characteristic - Wikipedia

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    Female secondary sex characteristics include: Enlargement of breasts and erection of nipples. [1] [2] Growth of body hair, most prominently underarm and pubic hair. [4] [1] [2] Widening of hips; [1] [2] lower waist to hip ratio than adult males. [20] Upper arms approximately 2 cm longer, on average, for a given height. [21]

  4. List of hybrid creatures in folklore - Wikipedia

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    Lamia – A female with the lower body like that of a snake and is also spelled as Lamiai. This should not be confused with the Greco-Roman Lamia. Matsya – An avatar of Lord Vishnu that is half-man half-fish. Merfolk – A race of half-human, half-fish creatures. The males are called Mermen and the females are called Mermaids.

  5. Body cavity search - Wikipedia

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    "The Correct Procedure for a Visual Search" – a 1990 video produced by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. A body cavity search, also known simply as a cavity search, is either a visual search or a manual internal inspection of body cavities for prohibited materials (), such as illegal drugs, money, jewelry, or weapons.

  6. Hectocotylus - Wikipedia

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    In argonauts, the male transfers the spermatophores to the female by putting its hectocotylus into a cavity in the mantle of the female, called the pallial cavity. This is the only contact the male and female have with each other during copulation, and it can be at a distance. During copulation, the hectocotylus breaks off from the male.

  7. Gongylonema pulchrum - Wikipedia

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    Gongylonema pulchrum was first named and presented with its own species by Molin in 1857. The first reported case was in 1850 by Dr. Joseph Leidy, when he identified a worm "obtained from the mouth of a child" from the Philadelphia Academy (however, an earlier case may have been treated in patient Elizabeth Livingstone in the seventeenth century [2]).

  8. Body orifice - Wikipedia

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    The nasolacrimal ducts, to carry tears from the lacrimal sac into the nasal cavity; The anus, for defecation; The urinary meatus, for urination in males and females and ejaculation in males; In females, the vagina, for menstruation, copulation and birth; The nipple orifices; Other animals may have some other body orifices:

  9. Mythic humanoids - Wikipedia

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    Female lutins are called lutines. Manticore – Creature with a man's head, a lion's body, bat wings, and a scorpion tail. Mermaid, merman – Women and men with the lower bodies of fish. Minotaur – A human with the head and sometimes legs of a bull. Moirai – Lesser trio of female deities assigned with deciding and weaving the fates of ...