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marsupial (iou)



marsupial adjective & noun. L17.
[mod. Latin marsupialis, formed as MARSUPIUM: see -AL1.]
A. adjective.
Pertaining to or resembling a marsupium or pouch. L17.
Designating, of, or pertaining to a marsupial or the order Marsupialia. E19.
marsupial mole: see MOLE noun2 1. marsupial mouse any of numerous mouselike carnivorous marsupials of Australia and New Guinea, members of the family Dasyuridae.
b. Of or pertaining to the pouch of a marsupial. E19.
marsupial bone an epipubic bone.
b. noun. A mammal (e.g. a kangaroo or an opossum) of the order Marsupialia, characterized by young that are born imperfectly developed and are usu. carried after birth in a pouch on the mother's belly, over the mamillae. M19.
marsupiali'zation noun (Medicine) the action of marsupializing a cyst etc.; the surgical formation of a pouch: L19.
marsupialize verb trans. (Medicine) surgically convert (a cyst etc.) into a pouch by making a permanent wide opening to the exterior L19.
marsupian,
marsupiate adjectives & nouns = MARSUPIAL M19.