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Synonyms for marsupial

Grammar : Noun
Spell : mahr-soo-pee-uh l
Phonetic Transcription : mɑrˈsu pi əl

Définition of marsupial

Origin :
  • 1690s, with -al (1) + Modern Latin marsupialis "having a pouch," coined from Late Latin marsupium "pouch, purse" (Classical Latin marsuppium), from Greek marsipion, diminutive of marsipos "bag, pouch," of foreign, possibly oriental, origin. As a noun from 1805.
  • noun pouched mammal
Example sentences :
  • These countries are, in fact, the head-quarters of the marsupial animals.
  • Extract from : « Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found » by Mayne Reid
  • "Not even the marsupial lion, Bram," grinned Dodd, undismayed.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 » by Various
  • Mr. Newman suggests that they were "marsupial bats" (Zoologist, p. 129).
  • Extract from : « Omphalos » by Philip Henry Gosse
  • There are "marsupial" or epipubic bones attached to the pelvis.
  • Extract from : « The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia » by Frank Evers Beddard
  • This was the region of gigantic fowls, and of marsupial quadrupeds.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Natural History, Second Series » by Philip Henry Gosse
  • Is a marsupial, a class with this exception not met with out of Australia.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 » by Various
  • We should thus have both placental and Marsupial mammals in the Mesozoic.
  • Extract from : « The Chain of Life in Geological Time » by Sir J. William Dawson
  • The other group is less numerous and is Marsupial (Allotheria, Marsh).
  • Extract from : « The Chain of Life in Geological Time » by Sir J. William Dawson
  • This marsupial has been previously unrecorded from Tamaulipas or from so northward a locality.
  • Extract from : « Mammals from Tamaulipas, Mexico » by Rollin H. Baker
  • It could climb trees like an opossum and was of the marsupial family.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont » by Louis de Rougemont

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