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marsupial

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Etymology

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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.

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The kangaroo is a marsupial.

Noun

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marsupial (plural marsupials)

  1. Any member of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia, including those where the female has a pouch in which it rears its young through early infancy, such as kangaroos, koalas, wombats and opossums, as well as the pouchless shrew opossums.

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Adjective

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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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Noun

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marsupial m (plural marsupials)

  1. marsupial

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Noun

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marsupial m (plural marsupiaux)

  1. marsupial

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /maʁ.su.piˈaw/ [mah.su.pɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /maʁ.suˈpjaw/ [mah.suˈpjaʊ̯]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /maɾ.su.piˈaw/ [maɾ.su.pɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /maɾ.suˈpjaw/ [maɾ.suˈpjaʊ̯]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /maʁ.su.piˈaw/ [maχ.su.pɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /maʁ.suˈpjaw/ [maχ.suˈpjaʊ̯]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maɻ.su.piˈaw/ [maɻ.su.pɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /maɻ.suˈpjaw/ [maɻ.suˈpjaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐɾ.suˈpjal/ [mɐɾ.suˈpjaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐɾ.suˈpja.li/

  • Hyphenation: mar‧su‧pi‧al

Noun

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marsupial m (plural marsupiais)

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

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marsupial m or f (plural marsupiais)

  1. marsupial (of or relating to marsupials)

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French marsupial.

Noun

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marsupial n (plural marsupiale)

  1. marsupial

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative marsupial marsupialul marsupiale marsupialele
genitive-dative marsupial marsupialului marsupiale marsupialelor
vocative marsupialule marsupialelor

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Etymology

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

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

Adjective

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marsupial m or f (masculine and feminine plural marsupiales)

  1. marsupial

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Noun

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marsupial m (plural marsupiales)

  1. marsupial
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