Definition of marsupialia Marsupialia
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What does marsupialia mean?
WordNet
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| marsupialia - coextensive with the subclass Metatheria | ||
| order Marsupialia | ||
| animal order the order of animals | ||
| metatheria, subclass metatheria pouched animals | ||
| marsupial, pouched mammal mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried | ||
| didelphidae, family didelphidae opossums | ||
| caenolestidae, family caenolestidae small marsupials of southern South America | ||
| family peramelidae, peramelidae bandicoots | ||
| family macropodidae, macropodidae kangaroos; wallabies | ||
| family phalangeridae, phalangeridae phalangers; koalas | ||
| family vombatidae, vombatidae wombats | ||
| dasyuridae, family dasyuridae, family dasyurinae dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- 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.
Part of speech
🔤- marsupialia, noun, singular of marsupialias / marsupialiae.
