Definition of Order Marsupialia

1. Noun. Coextensive with the subclass Metatheria.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Marsupialia

order Lechanorales
order Lepidodendrales
order Lepidoptera
order Lichenales
order Liliales
order Lobata
order Loricata
order Lycoperdales
order Lycopodiales
order Lyginopteridales
order Madreporaria
order Mallophaga
order Malvales
order Marattiales
order Marchantiales
order Marsupialia (current term)
order Mecoptera
order Moniliales
order Monotremata
order Mucorales
order Musales
order Myaceae
order Mycelia Sterilia
order Mycoplasmatales
order Mycrosporidia
order Myricales
order Myrtales
order Mysidacea
order Myxobacterales
order Myxobacteria

Literary usage of Order Marsupialia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Histological Series Contained by John Quekett (1855)
"Order MARSUPIALIA. Bd 8. A transverse section of the femur of a Kangaroo, Macropus major, which in its minute structure very closely resembles the bones of ..."

2. Dictionary of Geology and Mineralogy: Comprising Such Terms in Botany by William Humble (1843)
"Having a pouch; belonging to the order Marsupialia. ... The order Marsupialia contains many genera, both herbivorous and carnivorous. ..."

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