marsupial

English

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Etymology

From Latin marsupium, marsuppium (“pouch, purse”), from Ancient Greek μαρσύπιον (marsupion) or μαρσύππιον (marsuppion), variants of μαρσίππιον (marsippion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (marsippos, “bag, pouch”); with English -al.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

marsupial (plural marsupials)

1. A mammal of which the female has a pouch in which it rears its young, which are born immature, through early infancy, such as the kangaroo or koala, or else pouchless members of the Marsupialia like the shrew opposum.

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:marsupial

Derived terms

• marsupial bone
• marsupial frog
• marsupial lion
• marsupial mouse

Translations

mammal of which the female typically has a pouch

• Arabic: جرابي (ar) (jiraabiy) m, جراب (ar) (jiraab) m
• Armenian: պարկավոր (hy) (parkavor) 
• Catalan: marsupial (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有袋動物 (cmn), 有袋动物 (cmn) (yǒu dài dòngwù)

• Czech: vačnatec (cs) m
• Danish: pungdyr (da) n
• Dutch: buideldier (nl) n
• Esperanto: marsupiulo (eo)
• Finnish: pussieläin (fi)
• French: marsupial (fr) m
• German: Beuteltier (de) n
• Hebrew: חיית כיס (he) f
• Hungarian: erszényes (hu)
• Icelandic: pokadýr (is) n

• Italian: marsupiale (it) m
• Japanese: 有袋類 (ja) (ゆうたいるい, yūtairui)
• Korean: 육아 낭이 (ko) (yug-a nang-i)
• Latin: marsupial (la) n
• Lithuanian: sterblinis (lt) m
• Macedonian: торбар (mk) (tórbar) m
• Malay: marsupial (ms), binatang marsupial (ms), haiwan marsupial (ms)
• Navajo: bizaʼazis hólónígíí
• Polish: torbacz (pl) m
• Russian: сумчатый (ru) (súmčatyj) 
• Serbo-Croatian: торбар (sh), torbar (sh), тоболчар (sh), tobolčar (sh)
• Spanish: marsupial (es) m
• Swedish: pungdjur (sv) n
• Vietnamese: thú có túi (vi)

Related terms

• Marsupialia
• marsupialoid
• marsupium

See also

• Category:Marsupials

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.

Translations

of or pertaining to a marsupial

• Italian: marsupiale (it)
• Latin: marsupialis (la)
• Macedonian: торбарски (mk) (tórbarski) m
• Malay: marsupial (ms)

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: торбарски (sh) m

  Roman: torbarski (sh) m

• Spanish: marsupial (es)

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Catalan

Noun

marsupial m (plural marsupials)

1. marsupial

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French

Pronunciation

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

Noun

marsupial m (plural marsupiaux)

1. marsupial

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Spanish

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Etymology

From New Latin marsūpialis, from Latin marsūpium "pouch", from Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsippion). More at marsupio.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ma̠ɾsuˈpja̠l/

Adjective

marsupial m and f (plural marsupiales)

1. marsupial

Noun

marsupial m (plural marsupiales)

1. marsupial

Related terms

• marsupio