marsupial

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.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /mɑːˈsuːpi.əl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /mɑɹˈsupi.əl/
• Hyphenation: mar‧su‧pial

The kangaroo is a marsupial.

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.

• See also Thesaurus:marsupial

• Marsupialia
• marsupialoid
• marsupium

• Category:Marsupials

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

marsupial m (plural marsupials)

1. marsupial

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.sy.pjal/

marsupial m (plural marsupiaux)

1. marsupial

• “marsupial” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

marsupial m (plural marsupiais)

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

marsupial m or f (plural marsupiais, comparable)

1. marsupial (of or relating to marsupials)

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

• IPA^(key): /marsuˈpjal/

marsupial (plural marsupiales)

1. marsupial

marsupial m (plural marsupiales)

1. marsupial

• marsupio

• “marsupial” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.