marsupial
noun
- infraclass of mammals
adjective
No English definition recorded for this entry.
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Pronunciation: /mɑːˈsuː.pi.əl/ / /mɑɹˈsu.pi.əl/
adj
Etymology: From Latin marsupium, marsuppium (“pouch, purse”), from Ancient Greek μαρσύπιον (marsúpion) or μαρσύππιον (marsúppion), variants of μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, “bag, pouch”); with English -al.
- Of or pertaining to a marsupial.
“Showing that this animal is marsupial, consists of the following characters.”
“It seemed to me, meandering around Earls Court, that motors should be more marsupial.”
- Of or relating to a marsupium.
“the marsupial bones”
noun
Etymology: From Latin marsupium, marsuppium (“pouch, purse”), from Ancient Greek μαρσύπιον (marsúpion) or μαρσύππιον (marsúppion), variants of μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, “bag, pouch”); with English -al.
- A mammal of the infraclass Marsupialia, including those where the female has a pouch in which it rears the young through early infancy, such as kangaroos, koalas, wombats and opossums, as well as the pouchless shrew opossums.