Definition of marsupial

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Marsupial (n.) One of the Marsupialia.

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Phyllophagan :: Phyllophagan (n.) One of a group of marsupials including the phalangists.
Phalangist :: Phalangist (n.) Any arboreal marsupial of the genus Phalangista. The vulpine phalangist (P. vulpina) is the largest species, the full grown male being about two and a half feet long. It has a large bushy tail..
Nototrema :: Nototrema (n.) The pouched, or marsupial, frog of South America..
Marsupium :: Marsupium (n.) The pouch, formed by a fold of the skin of the abdomen, in which marsupials carry their young; also, a pouch for similar use in other animals, as certain Crustacea..
Sarcophagan :: Sarcophagan (n.) Any animal which eats flesh, especially any carnivorous marsupial..
Didelphous :: Didelphous (n.) Formerly, any marsupial; but the term is now restricted to an American genus which includes the opossums, of which there are many species. See Opossum. [Written also Didelphis.] See Illustration in Appendix..
Poephaga :: Poephaga (n. pl.) A group of herbivorous marsupials including the kangaroos and their allies.
Bettong :: Bettong (n.) A small, leaping Australian marsupial of the genus Bettongia; the jerboa kangaroo..
Marsupial :: Marsupial (a.) Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia.
Marsupialia :: Marsupialia (n. pl.) A subclass of Mammalia, including nearly all the mammals of Australia and the adjacent islands, together with the opossums of America. They differ from ordinary mammals in having the corpus callosum very small, in being implacental, and in having their young born while very immature. The female generally carries the young for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Called also Marsupiata..
Quoll :: Quoll (n.) A marsupial of Australia (Dasyurus macrurus), about the size of a cat..
Marsupial :: Marsupial (n.) One of the Marsupialia.
Phascolome :: Phascolome (n.) A marsupial of the genus Phascolomys; a wombat.
Ariel Gazelle :: Ariel gazelle () A squirrel-like Australian marsupial, a species of Petaurus..
Wombat :: Wombat (n.) Any one of three species of Australian burrowing marsupials of the genus Phascolomys, especially the common species (P. ursinus). They are nocturnal in their habits, and feed mostly on roots..
Marsupialian :: Marsupialian (n.) Alt. of Marsupia.
Macropus :: Macropus (n.) genus of marsupials including the common kangaroo.
Implacentalia :: Implacentalia (n. pl.) A primary division of the Mammalia, including the monotremes and marsupials, in which no placenta is formed..
Marsupiate :: Marsupiate (a.) Related to or resembling the marsupials; furnished with a pouch for the young, as the marsupials, and also some fishes and Crustacea..
Pedimana :: Pedimana (n. pl.) A division of marsupials, including the opossums..
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