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mar⋅su⋅pi⋅al

  [mahr-soo-pee-uhl]
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–noun
1. any viviparous, nonplacental mammal of the order Marsupialia, comprising the opossums, kangaroos, wombats, and bandicoots, the females of most species having a marsupium containing the mammary glands and serving as a receptacle for the young.
–adjective
2. pertaining to, resembling, or having a marsupium.
3. of or pertaining to the marsupials.
Origin:
1690–1700; < NL marsupiālis pertaining to a pouch. See marsupium, -al 1
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mar·su·pi·al   (mär-sōō'pē-əl)   
n.  Any of various nonplacental mammals of the order Marsupialia, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.
adj.  

  1. Of or belonging to the order Marsupialia.

  2. Of or relating to a marsupium.


[From marsupium.]
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Word Origin & History

marsupial 
1696, from Mod.L. marsupialis "having a pouch," coined from L.L. marsupium "pouch, purse," L. marsuppium, from Gk. marsipion, dim. of marsipos "pouch," of foreign, possibly oriental, origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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