marsupial

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

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

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Singular
marsupial

Plural
marsupials

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.

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marsupial (comparative more marsupial, superlative most marsupial)

Positive
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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marsupial m. (plural marsupials)

  1. marsupial

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

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marsupial m. (plural marsupiaux)

  1. marsupial