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Marsupial

Marsupial Meaning & Definition
Marsupial Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Marsupial?

[n] mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried
[adj] of or relating to the marsupials; "marsupial animals"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Marsupial: pouched mammal

Related Terms | Find terms related to Marsupial: amphibian | aquatic | biped | camerated | canine | cannibal | capsular | carnivore | cellular | cetacean | chordate | cosmopolite | cystic | feline | gnawer | herbivore | insectivore | invertebrate | locular | mammal | mammalian | marsupialian | omnivore | primate | quadruped | reptile | rodent | ruminant | saccular | scavenger | siliquose | ungulate | varmint | vascular | vermin | vertebrate | vesicular

See Also | bandicoot | dasyurid | dasyurid marsupial | kangaroo | marsupial mole | Marsupialia | metatherian | Notoryctus typhlops | opossum | opossum rat | order Marsupialia | phalanger | possum | pouched mole | wombat

Marsupial In Webster's Dictionary

\Mar*su"pi*al\, a. [Cf. F. marsupial.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia. 2. (Anat. & Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the marsupial bones. {Marsupial frog}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Nototrema}.
\Mar*su"pi*al\, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Marsupialia.

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