mar|su|pi|al

mar|su|pi|al
mar|su|pi|al «mahr SOO pee uhl», noun, adjective.
–n.
a mammal that carries its young in a pouch. Kangaroos, opossums, and wombats are marsupials. The pouch covers the mammary glands on the abdomen, and the incompletely developed young are nursed as well as carried in it. »

Today, pouched animals, or marsupials, are found only in North and South America, Australia and Tasmania (Science News Letter).

–adj.
1. of the marsupials.
2. having a pouch for carrying the young.
3. having to do with or like a pouch.
╂[< New Latin marsupialis < Latin marsūpium; see etym. under marsupium (Cf. ↑marsupium)]

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