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): /mɑːˈsuː.pi.əl/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /mɑɹˈsu.pi.əl/
• Hyphenation: mar‧su‧pial

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.

• 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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mər.su.piˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maɾ.su.piˈal]

marsupial m (plural marsupials)

1. marsupial

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.sy.pjal/

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marsupial m (plural marsupiaux)

1. marsupial

• “marsupial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• Hyphenation: mar‧su‧pi‧al

marsupial m (plural marsupiais)

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

marsupial m or f (plural marsupiais)

1. marsupial (of or relating to marsupials)

Borrowed from French marsupial.

marsupial n (plural marsupiale)

1. marsupial

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

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

marsupial m or f (masculine and feminine plural marsupiales)

1. marsupial

marsupial m (plural marsupiales)

1. marsupial

• “marsupial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28