Mar*su"pi*al , n.
(Zoöl.) One of the Marsupialia.
Mar*su"pi*al (mär*sū"p&ibreve;*al),
a. [Cf. F. marsupial.]
1.
(Zoöl.) Having
a pouch for
carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia.
2.
(Anat. & Zoöl.) Of
or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the marsupial bones.
Marsupial frog.
(Zoöl.) See Nototrema.
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