mar·su·pi·al (mär-s  p - l)n. Any of various nonplacental mammals of the order Marsupialia, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas. adj. 1. Of or belonging to the order Marsupialia. 2. Of or relating to a marsupium. [From marsupium.] |
marsupial [mɑːˈsjuːpɪəl -ˈsuː-]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) 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
adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) of, relating to, or belonging to the Marsupialia
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) of or relating to a marsupium
[see marsupium]
marsupialian [mɑːˌsjuːpɪˈeɪlɪən -ˌsuː-], marsupian n & adj
| marsupial (mär-sp-l) Any of various mammals of the order Marsupialia, whose young are very undeveloped when born and continue developing outside their mother's body attached to one of her nipples. Most marsupials have longer hindlegs than forelimbs, and the females usually have pouches in which they carry their young. Kangaroos, opossums, and koalas are marsupials. |
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| Noun | 1. |  marsupial - mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carriedmetatherian - primitive pouched mammals found mainly in Australia and the Americas Marsupialia, order Marsupialia - coextensive with the subclass Metatheria possum, opossum - nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America opossum rat - terrestrial marsupials of southern South America that resemble shrews bandicoot - any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous kangaroo - any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail opossum, phalanger, possum - small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails wombat - burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger dasyurid, dasyurid marsupial - small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania marsupial mole, Notoryctus typhlops, pouched mole - small burrowing Australian marsupial that resembles a mole |
| Adj. | 1. | marsupial - of or relating to the marsupials; "marsupial animals" |
marsupial
Marsupials
bandicoot, bilby, rabbit bandicoot, or dalgyte, boongary, burramys, cuscus, dasyure, flying phalanger or glider, honey mouse or phalanger, kangaroo, koala (bear) or (Austral.) native bear, marsupial mole, marsupial mouse, opossum or possum, pademelon or paddymelon, quokka, rat kangaroo, sugar glider, tammar, Tasmanian devil, thylacine, Tasmanian wolf, or Tasmanian tiger, tree kangaroo, tuan, wallaby, wallaroo, wombat, yapok Translations
n / adj marsupial [maːˈsjuːpiəl]
(an animal) having a pouch in which to carry its young The kangaroo is a marsupial. buideldier جِرابي، حيوان من الجِرابيّات двуотробен vačnatec; vačnatý pungdyr das Beuteltier; Beuteltier-... μαρσιποφόρο marsupial kukkurloom جانور کیسه دار pussieläin marsupial חַייַת כִּיס धानी प्राणी s tobolcem erszényes binatang berkantung pokadÿr marsupiale 有袋類 (の) 육아낭의 sterblinis (gyvūnas) somainis binatang berkantung buideldier pungdyr; pung- torbacz marsupial marsupial сумчатое vačkatec; vačkatý vrečar torbar pungdjur สัตว์มีกระเป๋าหน้าท้องเลี้ยงลูกจำพวก Marsupialia; เกี่ยวกับสัตว์ที่มีกระเป๋าหน้าท้อง keseli (hayvan) 有袋的(動物) сумчастий کیسہ دار ممالیوں میں سے کوئی، جیسے کنگارو thú có túi 有袋的（动物）
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