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marsupial

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English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA /mɑː.ˈsuː.pi.əl/

Noun

marsupial noun

  1. A mammal of which the female has a pouch in which it rears its young, which are born immature, through early infancy, such as the kangaroo or koala, or else pouchless members of the Marsupialia like the shrew opossum.

Verb

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Adjective

marsupial adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to a marsupial.
  2. Of or relating to a marsupium.“the marsupial bones”

Word map

pouched mamm…phalangervulpeculaeurodomesticamarsupialifo…marsupiummarsupialianmarsupialoidmarsupionmarsupial

Related terms

Synonyms

pouched mammalphalangervulpeculaeurodomesticamarsupialiformmarsupiummarsupialianmarsupialoidmarsupionmarsupiatemacropodpouchmarsupianperamelemorphianmacropodine

Associated

cuscusmonotrememarsupialsquollpotoroopuduthylacinemolescarnivorekoalaopossumwombat

Rhymes

troupialrupialtroopial

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