marsupial

UK /mɑːˈsuː.pi.əl/ US /mɑɹˈsu.pi.əl/

adj 2noun 1

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ADJ.

animal, complex, considered, nocturnal, south, threatened, vulnerable

VERB + MARSUPIAL

desert

MARSUPIAL + NOUN

apex, ears, kangaroo, numbers, outback, predators, queensland, rabbit-like

PREP.

in, with

ADV.

only

Definitions

noun

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.

adj

Of or pertaining to a marsupial.

Showing that this animal is marsupial, consists of the following characters.

It seemed to me, meandering around Earls Court, that motors should be more marsupial.

Of or relating to a marsupium.

the marsupial bones

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Showing that this animal is marsupial, consists of the following characters.

Wiktionary

It seemed to me, meandering around Earls Court, that motors should be more marsupial.

Wiktionary

But there's this pouch just below my belly button, very marsupial, where the kangaroo lives.

Wiktionary

In parts of the states of Victoria and South Australia marsupial numbers are considered to be overabundant.

Tatoeba · #8353292

The bilby is a vulnerable marsupial with rabbit-like ears.

Tatoeba · #9080733

The bilby is a nocturnal marsupial and digs complex burrows to provide shelter from high summer temperatures and protection from predators.

Tatoeba · #9080737

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