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Definition of Marsupialia
1. Noun. Coextensive with the subclass Metatheria.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Metatheria, Subclass Metatheria
Member holonyms: Marsupial, Pouched Mammal, Didelphidae, Family Didelphidae, Caenolestidae, Family Caenolestidae, Family Peramelidae, Peramelidae, Family Macropodidae, Macropodidae, Family Phalangeridae, Phalangeridae, Family Vombatidae, Vombatidae, Dasyuridae, Family Dasyuridae, Family Dasyurinae, Family Notoryctidae, Notoryctidae
Definition of Marsupialia
1. n. pl. A subclass of Mammalia, including nearly all the mammals of Australia and the adjacent islands, together with the opossums of America. They differ from ordinary mammals in having the corpus callosum very small, in being implacental, and in having their young born while very immature. The female generally carries the young for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Called also Marsupiata.
Medical Definition of Marsupialia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Marsupialia
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