Definitions for marsupial

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marsupial mar·su·pi·al

Spelling: [mahr-soo-pee-uh l]

IPA: /mɑrˈsu pi əl/

Marsupial is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 540 anagrams from letters in marsupial (aailmprsu).

Definitions for marsupial

noun

1. any viviparous, nonplacental mammal of the order Marsupialia, comprising the opossums, kangaroos, wombats, and bandicoots, the females of most species having a marsupium containing the mammary glands and serving as a receptacle for the young.

adjective

1. pertaining to, resembling, or having a marsupium.
2. of or relating to the marsupials.

Origin of marsupial

First recorded in 1690-1700, marsupial is from the New Latin word marsupiālis pertaining to a pouch. See marsupium, -al¹

Examples for marsupial

We should thus have both placental and marsupial mammals in the Mesozoic.

"Not even the marsupial lion, Bram," grinned Dodd, undismayed.

These countries are, in fact, the head-quarters of the marsupial animals.

This was the region of gigantic fowls, and of marsupial quadrupeds.

This marsupial has been previously unrecorded from Tamaulipas or from so northward a locality.

There are "marsupial" or epipubic bones attached to the pelvis.

Mr. Newman suggests that they were "marsupial bats" (Zoologist, p. 129).

The other group is less numerous and is marsupial (Allotheria, Marsh).

It could climb trees like an opossum and was of the marsupial family.

Is a marsupial, a class with this exception not met with out of Australia.