Marsupial - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Marsupial :  adj : of or relating to the marsupials; "marsupial animals" (noun)

1: mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried [syn: pouched mammal]

Based on WordNet 2.0

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.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Marsupial : \Mar*su"pi*al\, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Marsupialia.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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