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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Marsupial \Mar*su"pi*al\ (m[aum]r*s[=u]"p[i^]*al), adjective [Cf. F. marsupial.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia.
2. (Anat. & Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the marsupial bones.
{Marsupial frog}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Nototrema}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
marsupial \mar*su"pi*al\, noun (Zo["o]l.) One of the Marsupialia.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
marsupial
adjective: of or relating to the marsupials; "marsupial animals"
noun: mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried [syn: {pouched mammal}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "marsupial": amphibian, aquatic, biped, camerated, canine, cannibal, capsular, carnivore, cellular, cetacean, chordate, cosmopolite, cystic, feline, gnawer, herbivore, insectivore, invertebrate, locular, mammal, mammalian, marsupialian, omnivore, primate, quadruped, reptile, rodent, ruminant, saccular, scavenger, siliquose, ungulate, varmint, vascular, vermin, vertebrate, vesicular
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