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Marsupial

//mɑːˈsuː.pi.əl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to a marsupial.

    "Showing that this animal is marsupial, consists of the following characters."

  2. 2
    Of or relating to a marsupium.

    "the marsupial bones"

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the marsupials wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

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