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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pouched mammal
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]