marsupial

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin marsupium, marsuppium (pouch, purse), from Ancient Greek μαρσύπιον (marsúpion) or μαρσύππιον (marsúppion), variants of μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, bag, pouch); with English -al.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɑː.ˈsuː.pi.əl/
  • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /mɑɹ.ˈsu.pi.əl/
  • Hyphenation: mar‧su‧pial
The kangaroo is a marsupial.

Noun[edit]

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 kangaroos or koalas, or else pouchless members of the Marsupialia like shrew opossums.

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Adjective[edit]

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.
  2. (anatomy) Of or relating to a marsupium.
    the marsupial bones

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Catalan[edit]

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(Balearic) IPA(key): /məɾ.su.piˈal/

Noun[edit]

marsupial m (plural marsupials)

  1. marsupial

French[edit]

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marsupial m (plural marsupiaux)

  1. marsupial

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Portuguese[edit]

Noun[edit]

marsupial m (plural marsupiais)

  1. marsupial (mammal species whose females have a pouch to carry the offspring)

Adjective[edit]

marsupial m or f (plural marsupiais)

  1. marsupial (of or relating to marsupials)

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French marsupial.

Noun[edit]

marsupial n (plural marsupiale)

  1. marsupial

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Spanish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /maɾsuˈpjal/ [maɾ.suˈpjal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: mar‧su‧pial

Adjective[edit]

marsupial (plural marsupiales)

  1. marsupial

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marsupial m (plural marsupiales)

  1. marsupial

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