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| mar·su·pi·al [ maar spee əl ] (plural mar·su·pi·als) |
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| Definition: |
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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.
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| [Late 17th century. < modern Latin marsupialis< Latin marsupium (see marsupium)] |
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