Definition of Marsupial. Meaning of Marsupial. Synonyms of Marsupial

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Definition of Marsupial

Marsupial
Marsupial Mar*su"pi*al, a. [Cf. F. marsupial.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia. 2. (Anat. & Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the marsupial bones. Marsupial frog. (Zo["o]l.) See Nototrema.
Marsupial
Marsupial Mar*su"pi*al, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Marsupialia.

Meaning of Marsupial from wikipedia

- Marsupials are a diverse group of mammals belonging to the infraclass Marsupialia. They are natively found in Australasia, Wallacea, and the Americas....
- Marsupialization is the surgical technique of cutting a slit into an abscess or cyst and suturing the edges of the slit to form a continuous surface from...
- Marsupial moles, the Notoryctidae /noʊtəˈrɪktɪdiː/ family, are two species of highly specialized marsupial mammals that are found in the Australian interior...
- also known as marsupial shrews, are members of the order Dasyuromorphia. The two species of these dasyurids are: Red-bellied marsupial shrew, Phascolosorex...
- known as the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf, is an extinct carnivorous marsupial that was native to the Australian mainland and the islands of Tasmania...
- distinguishing feature of female marsupials, monotremes (and rarely in the males as in the yapok and the extinct thylacine); the name marsupial is derived from the...
- (/daɪˌproʊtəˈdɒntiə/, from Gr**** "two forward teeth") is the largest extant order of marsupials, with about 155 species, including the kangaroos, wallabies, possums,...
- referred to as moles include the African golden moles and the Australian marsupial moles, which have a similar ecology and lifestyle to true moles, but are...
- tail" in Gr****) is an order comprising most of the Australian carnivorous marsupials, including quolls, dunnarts, the numbat, the Tasmanian devil, and the...
- carnivorous marsupials that lived in Australia from the late Pliocene to the Late Pleistocene (until around 40,000 years ago), often known as marsupial lions...