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marsupial (adjective), more marsupial, most marsupial
Descriptive of a female animal that has a pouch in her abdominal area to carry her young: Marsupial mammals, for example the kangaroo and the koala, have a belly where they nurse and carry their partially developed youngster.
Kangaroos, opossums, and wombats belong to this marsupial group.
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marsupial
A mammal; such as, a kangaroo, wombat, opossum, or koala, having no placenta and bearing immature young that are developed in a pouch on the mother's abdomen.
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