marsupial

Meanings

Plural: marsupials

Noun

mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried
Any member of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia, including those where the female has a pouch in which it rears its young through early infancy, such as kangaroos, koalas, wombats and opossums, as well as the pouchless shrew opossums.

Adjective

of or relating to the marsupials
- "marsupial animals"

Adj

Of or pertaining to a marsupial.
Of or relating to a marsupium.

Origin / 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.

Synonyms

marsupial, marsupian, marsupiate, pouched mammal

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