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metatherian

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metatherian [ˌmɛtəˈθɪərɪən]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Metatheria, a subclass of mammals comprising the marsupials
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any metatherian mammal; a marsupial Compare eutherian, prototherian
[from New Latin, from meta- + Greek thērion animal]
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Noun1.metatherian - primitive pouched mammals found mainly in Australia and the Americas
mammal, mammalian - any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk
marsupial, pouched mammal - mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried


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