marsupial

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Hyponyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 Related terms 1.3.5 See also 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 2 Catalan 2.1 Noun 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

Latin marsupium, marsuppium, “pouch, purse”, from Greek μαρσίππιον (marsippion; variously spelled), diminutive of μάρσιππος (marsippos) “bag, pouch” + -al.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /mɑːˈsuːpiəl/, SAMPA: /mA:"su:pi@l/
• (US) IPA: /mɑɹˈsuːpiəl/, SAMPA: /mAr"su:pi@l/
• Hyphenation: mar‧su‧pial

[edit] Noun

marsupial (plural marsupials)

1. Any mammal of which the female typically has a pouch in which it rears its young, which are born immature, through early infancy, such as the kangaroo or koala.

[edit] Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:marsupial

[edit] Derived terms

• marsupial frog
• marsupial lion

[edit] Translations

[edit] Related terms

• Marsupialia
• marsupialoid
• marsupium

[edit] See also

• Category:Marsupials

[edit] Adjective

marsupial (comparative more marsupial, superlative most marsupial)

1. Of or pertaining to a marsupial.
   • 1892, The American naturalist‎, page 125:

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

   • 1952, The Motor‎, page 520:

     It seemed to me, meandering around Earls Court, that motors should be more marsupial.

   • 2002, Fiction Fix: First Injection, page 58:

     But there's this pouch just below my belly button, very marsupial, where the kangaroo lives.

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[edit] Noun

marsupial m. (plural marsupials)

1. marsupial

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /maʁ.sy.pjal/, SAMPA: /maR.sy.pjal/

[edit] Noun

marsupial m. (plural marsupiaux)

1. marsupial