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 Definitions of marsupial  [ɑrˈsu pi əl]  

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Definition of 'marsupial' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) marsupial
any animal of the order Marsupialia, comprising mammals having no placenta and bearing immature young that complete their development in a pouch on the mother's abdomen: opossums, kangaroos, and others.

2. (adj.) marsupial
pertaining to, resembling, or having a marsupium.

3.  marsupial
of or pertaining to the marsupials.

Etymology:  (1690–1700; < NL marsupiālis pertaining to a pouch)

Definition of 'marsupial' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) marsupial, pouched mammal
mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried

2. (adj) marsupial
of or relating to the marsupials
"marsupial animals"


Definition of 'marsupial' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) marsupial
having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia

2. (adj) marsupial
of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the marsupial bones

3. (noun) marsupial
one of the Marsupialia


Translation of 'marsupial' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (an animal) having a pouch in which to carry its young
The kangaroo is a marsupial.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: buideldier Arabic flag Arabic: جِرابي، حيوان من الجِرابي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: двуотробен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: marsupial Czech flag Czech: vačnatec; vačnatý German flag German: das Beuteltier; Beuteltie
Danish flag Danish: pungdyr Greek flag Greek: μαρσιποφόρο Spanish flag Spanish: marsupial
Estonian flag Estonian: kukkurloom Farsi flag Farsi: جانور کیسه دار Finnish flag Finnish: pussieläin
French flag French: marsupial Hebrew flag Hebrew: חַייַת כִּיס Hindi flag Hindi: धानी प्राणी
Croatian flag Croatian: s tobolcem Hungarian flag Hungarian: erszényes Indonesian flag Indonesian: binatang berkantung
Icelandic flag Icelandic: pokadÿr Italian flag Italian: marsupiale Japanese flag Japanese: 有袋類 (の)
Korean flag Korean: 육아낭의 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: sterblinis (gyvūnas) Latvian flag Latvian: somainis
Malay flag Malay: binatang berkantung Dutch flag Dutch: buideldier Norwegian flag Norwegian: pungdyr; pung-
Polish flag Polish: torbacz Persian flag Persian: جانور کیسه دار Pashto flag Pashto: كڅوړه لرونكى حيوان
Portuguese flag Portuguese: marsupial Romanian flag Romanian: mar­su­pial Russian flag Russian: сумчатое
Slovak flag Slovak: vačkatec; vačkatý Slovenian flag Slovenian: vrečar Serbian flag Serbian: torbar
Swedish flag Swedish: pungdjur Thai flag Thai: สัตว์มีกระเป๋าหน้าท้องเลี Turkish flag Turkish: keseli (hayvan)
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 有袋的(動物) Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: сумчастий Urdu flag Urdu: کیسہ دار ممالیوں میں سے ک
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thú có túi Chinese flag Chinese: 有袋的(动物)

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