marsupial
nounEtymology
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.
- derived from μαρσύπιον
Definitions
A mammal of the infraclass Marsupialia, including those where the female has a pouch in…
A mammal of the infraclass Marsupialia, including those where the female has a pouch in which it rears the young through early infancy, such as kangaroos, koalas, wombats and opossums, as well as the pouchless shrew opossums.
Of or pertaining to a marsupial.
- Showing that this animal is marsupial, consists of the following characters.
- It seemed to me, meandering around Earls Court, that motors should be more marsupial.
- But there's this pouch just below my belly button, very marsupial, where the kangaroo lives.
Of or relating to a marsupium.
- the marsupial bones
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at marsupial. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at marsupial. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at marsupial
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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