Associations to the word «Marsupial»

Wiktionary

MARSUPIAL, noun. A mammal of which the female has a pouch in which it rears its young, which are born immature, through early infancy, such as the kangaroo or koala, or else pouchless members of the Marsupialia like the shrew opposum.
MARSUPIAL, adjective. Of or pertaining to a marsupial.
MARSUPIAL, adjective. (anatomy) Of or relating to a marsupium.
MARSUPIAL BONE, noun. The epipubic bone.
MARSUPIAL BONES, noun. Plural of marsupial bone
MARSUPIAL FROG, noun. A group of frogs in the Amphignathodontidae family, found in Central America and South America.
MARSUPIAL LION, noun. An extinct genus Thylacoleo of carnivorous marsupial that lived in Australia during the Pleistocene.

Dictionary definition

MARSUPIAL, noun. Mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried.
MARSUPIAL, adjective. Of or relating to the marsupials; "marsupial animals".

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