English > marsupial: 2 senses > noun 1, animal| Meaning | mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried. |
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| Synonym | pouched mammal |
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| Member of | Marsupialia, order Marsupialia | coextensive with the subclass Metatheria |
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| Narrower | bandicoot | Any of various agile ratlike terrestrial / terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands |
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| dasyurid marsupial, dasyurid | small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania |
| kangaroo | Any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail |
| opossum, possum | nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America |
| opossum rat | terrestrial / terrestrial marsupials of southern South America that resemble shrews |
| phalanger, opossum, possum | small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails |
| pouched mole, marsupial mole, Notoryctus typhlops | small burrowing Australian marsupial that resembles a mole |
| wombat | burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badger |
| Broader | metatherian | Primitive pouched mammals found mainly in Australia and the Americas |
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| Spanish | marsupiales, marsupialia, marsupial |
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| Catalan | marsupial, metateri |
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