marsupial

Meaning

Noun

Any member of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia, including those where the female has a pouch in which it rears its young through early infancy, such as kangaroos, koalas, wombats and opossums, as well as the pouchless shrew opossums.

Adj

1. Of or pertaining to a marsupial.
2. Of or relating to a marsupium.

Synonyms

pouched mammal

kangaroo

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puffed

ventricular

wallaby

purse-bearer

Thylogale

metatherian

bush animal

marsupiate

cuscus

marsupian

pouched

Translations

marsupial

marsupial

marsupial

buideldier

Beuteltier

marsupial

marsupiale

marsupial

marsupiaux

μαρσιποφόρα

marsupiali

Beutelsäuger

μαρσιποφόρο

marsupialis

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɑː.ˈsuː.pi.əl/

Etymology

From Latin marsupium, marsuppium (“pouch, purse”), from Ancient Greek μαρσύπιον (marsúpion) or μαρσύππιον (marsúppion), variants of μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, “bag, pouch”); with English -al.