Definitions for marsupial
mɑrˈsu pi əlmar·su·pi·al

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.2 / 6 votes

1. marsupial, pouched mammaladjective

   mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried

2. marsupialadjective

   of or relating to the marsupials

   "marsupial animals"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. marsupialnoun

   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.

2. marsupialadjective

   Of or pertaining to a marsupial.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Marsupial

   Marsupials are any members of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia. All extant marsupials are endemic to Australasia, Wallacea and the Americas. A distinctive characteristic common to most of these species is that the young are carried in a pouch. Living marsupials include opossums, Tasmanian devils, kangaroos, koalas, wombats, wallabies, and bandicoots among others, while many extinct species, such as the thylacine, are also known. Marsupials represent the clade originating from the last common ancestor of extant metatherians, the group containing all mammals more closely related to marsupials than to placentals. They give birth to relatively undeveloped young that often reside in a pouch located on their mothers' abdomen for a certain amount of time. Close to 70% of the 334 extant species occur on the Australian continent (the mainland, Tasmania, New Guinea and nearby islands). The remaining 30% are found in the Americas—primarily in South America, thirteen in Central America, and one species, the Virginia opossum, in North America, north of Mexico. The word marsupial comes from marsupium, the technical term for the abdominal pouch. It, in turn, is borrowed from the Latin marsupium and ultimately from the ancient Greek μάρσιππος mársippos, meaning "pouch".

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1. marsupial

   A marsupial is a type of mammal characterized by giving birth to relatively undeveloped young, which then continue to develop outside the womb in a specialized pouch. Marsupials are a distinctive infraclass of mammals predominantly found in Australia and the Americas, and includes animals such as kangaroos, possums, koalas and wombats.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Marsupialadjective

   having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia

2. Marsupialadjective

   of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the marsupial bones

3. Marsupialnoun

   one of the Marsupialia

4. Etymology: [Cf. F. marsupial.]

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1. Marsupial

   Marsupials are an infraclass of mammals living primarily in the Southern Hemisphere; a distinctive characteristic, common to most species, is that the young are carried in a pouch. Well-known marsupials include kangaroos, wallabies, the koala, possums, opossums, wombats and the Tasmanian devil. Less well-known species of marsupials include the numbat, bandicoots, the bilby and quolls. Marsupials represent the clade originating with the last common ancestor of extant metatherians. Like other mammals in the Metatheria, they are characterized by giving birth to relatively undeveloped young, often residing in a pouch with the mother for a certain time after birth. Close to 70% of the 334 extant species occur in Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands, with the remaining 100 found in the Americas, primarily in South America, but with 13 in Central America, and one in North America, north of Mexico.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Marsupial

   mär-sū′pi-al, adj. carrying young in a pouch.—n. a marsupial animal, as the opossum or the kangaroo.—n. Marsū′pium, a brood-pouch. [L. marsupium—Gr. marsipion, a pouch.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. marsupial

   A type of mammal created and produced in various species.

   Kangaroos are a type of marsupial.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on July 30, 2016  

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   The numerical value of marsupial in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

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   The numerical value of marsupial in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of marsupial in a Sentence

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   The technologies we are developing to de-extinct the thylacine all have immediate conservation benefits -- right now -- to protect marsupial species. Biobanks of frozen tissue from living marsupial populations have been collected to protect against extinction from fires, however, we still lack the technology to take that tissue -- create marsupial stem cells -- and then turn those cells into a living animal. That is the technology we will develop as a part of this project.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=marsupial
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Marsupial
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsupial
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marsupial
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=marsupial
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=marsupial