Marsupial

noun

/mɑː.ˈsuː.pi.əl/

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.nounA 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 opossum.

2.adjectiveOf or pertaining to a marsupial.

3.adjectiveOf or relating to a marsupium.

"the marsupial bones"

Synonyms

pouched mammal phalanger vulpecula euro domestica marsupialiform marsupium marsupialian marsupialoid marsupion marsupiate macropod

Rhymes With

troupial rupial troopial

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