Marsupial

Quick meaning: Marsupial is a noun meaning Of or pertaining to a marsupial.

Meaning

Of or pertaining to a marsupial.

More Meanings

1. (anatomy) Of or relating to a marsupium.
2. 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.

Example Sentences

the marsupial bones

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.

But there's this pouch just below my belly button, very marsupial, where the kangaroo lives.

Word Forms

• marsupials

Synonyms for marsupial

Depending on context, synonyms include marsupian, marsupiate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include phalanger, euro, marsupialiform, marsupium, marsupialian, marsupialoid.

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