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Marsupial

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Noun

1. marsupial, pouched mammal

mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried

Adjective

2. marsupial

of or relating to the marsupials

Example Sentences:
'marsupial animals'

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Marsupial

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noun
1. 
any mammal of the order Marsupialia, in which the young are born in an immature state and continue development in the marsupium. The order occurs mainly in Australia and South and Central America and includes the opossums, bandicoots, koala, wombats, and kangaroos
adjective
2. 
of, relating to, or belonging to the Marsupialia
3. 
of or relating to a marsupium

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Marsupial

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adjective
1. 
of or like a marsupium, or pouch
2. 
of a superorder (Marsupialia) of mammals that lack a placenta and have an external abdominal pouch (marsupium) containing the teats: the incompletely developed offspring nurses within this pouch for several months after birth to complete its development
noun
3. 
an animal of this kind, as a kangaroo, opossum, or wombat

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Marsupial

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n.
Any of various nonplacental mammals of the infraclass Metatheria, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas, and typically bearing young that suckle and develop after birth in the mother's pouch. These species were formerly placed in the order Marsupialia.
adj.
1. Of or belonging to the infraclass Metatheria.
2. Relating to or having a marsupium.

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