1.
[syn: marsupial, pouched mammal]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. of or relating to the marsupials;
- Example: "marsupial animals"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Marsupial \Mar*su"pi*al\ (m[aum]r*s[=u]"p[i^]*al), a. [Cf. F.
marsupial.]
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1. (Zool.) Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of
or pertaining to the Marsupialia.
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2. (Anat. & Zool.) Of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the
marsupial bones.
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Marsupial frog. (Zool.) See Nototrema.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
marsupial \mar*su"pi*al\, n. (Zool.)
One of the Marsupialia.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
marsupial
adj 1: of or relating to the marsupials; "marsupial animals"
n 1: mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium)
containing the teats where the young are fed and carried
[syn: marsupial, pouched mammal]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "marsupial":
amphibian, aquatic, biped, camerated, canine, cannibal, capsular,
carnivore, cellular, cetacean, chordate, cosmopolite, cystic,
feline, gnawer, herbivore, insectivore, invertebrate, locular,
mammal, mammalian, marsupialian, omnivore, primate, quadruped,
reptile, rodent, ruminant, saccular, scavenger, siliquose,
ungulate, varmint, vascular, vermin, vertebrate, vesicular