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marsupial
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marsupial
adj.
of or pertaining to the order Marsupialia; having a pouch like that of a marsupial animal (Zoology)
n.
any mammal of the order Marsupialia (mostly found in Australia); animal which carries and nurses its offspring in a pouch (Zoology)
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Marsupial
Marsupials are an infraclass of mammals living primarily in Australasia and the Americas. A distinctive characteristic, common to many species, is that most of the young are carried in a pouch. Well-known marsupials include kangaroos, wallabies, the koala, possums, opossums, wombats and the Tasmanian devil. Other marsupials include the numbat, bandicoots, bettongs, the bilby, quolls, and the quokka.
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marsupial
Noun
1. mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried
(synonym) pouched mammal
(hypernym) metatherian
(hyponym) opossum, possum
(member-holonym) Marsupialia, order Marsupialia
Adjective
1. of or relating to the marsupials; "marsupial animals"
(pertainym) marsupium
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marsupial
adj.
marsupial, having a pouch like that of a Marsupial animal (Zoology)
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marsupial
adj.
marsupial, of or pertaining to the order Marsupialia; having a pouch like that of a marsupial animal (Zoology)
