marsupial
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The kangaroo is a marsupial.
English
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɑː.ˈsuː.pi.əl/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /mɑɹ.ˈsu.pi.əl/
- Hyphenation: mar‧su‧pial
Noun
marsupial (plural marsupials)
- 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.
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:marsupial
Derived terms
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
mammal of which the female typically has a pouch
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See also
Adjective
marsupial (comparative more marsupial, superlative most marsupial)
- 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.
- (anatomy) Of or relating to a marsupium.
- the marsupial bones
Translations
of or pertaining to a marsupial
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
marsupial m (plural marsupials)
- marsupial
French
Pronunciation
Noun
marsupial m (plural marsupiaux)
- marsupial
Further reading
- “marsupial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mar‧su‧pi‧al
Noun
marsupial m (plural marsupiais)
- marsupial (mammal species whose females have a pouch to carry the offspring)
Adjective
marsupial m or f (plural marsupiais)
- marsupial (of or relating to marsupials)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French marsupial.
Noun
marsupial n (plural marsupiale)
Declension
Declension of marsupial
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) marsupial | marsupialul | (niște) marsupiale | marsupialele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) marsupial | marsupialului | (unor) marsupiale | marsupialelor |
| vocative | marsupialule | marsupialelor | ||
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin marsūpiālis, from Latin marsūpium "pouch", from Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsíppion). More at marsupio.
Pronunciation
Adjective
marsupial m or f (masculine and feminine plural marsupiales)
Derived terms
Noun
marsupial m (plural marsupiales)
Related terms
Further reading
- “marsupial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014