1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia.
2. (Anat. & Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the marsupial bones.
Marsupial frog. (Zoöl.) See Nototrema.
MARSUPIAL
Mar*su"pi*al, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Marsupialia.
MARSUPIALIA Mar*su`pi*a"li*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. marsupium a pouch, bag, purse, Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
MARSUPIALIAN; MARSUPIAN
Mar*su`pi*a"li*an, Mar*su"pi*an, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Marsupialia.