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marsupial

mar·su·pi·al [ maar spee əl ] (plural mar·su·pi·als)


noun 
Definition:
 
animal with pouch: a mammal, e.g. a kangaroo, wombat, opossum, or koala, having no placenta and bearing immature young that are developed in a pouch on the mother's abdomen. Order Marsupialia.

[Late 17th century. < modern Latin marsupialis< Latin marsupium (see marsupium)]
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