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单词 marsupial
释义

marsupial

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /mɑː.ˈsuː.pi.əl/
  • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /mɑɹ.ˈsu.pi.əl/
  • Hyphenation: mar‧su‧pial
The kangaroo is a marsupial.

Noun

marsupial (plural marsupials)

  1. A mammal of which the female has a pouch in which it rears its young, which are born immature, through early infancy, such as kangaroos or koalas, or else pouchless members of the Marsupialia like shrew opossums.

Hyponyms

  • See also Thesaurus:marsupial

Derived terms

  • Marsupialia
  • marsupialoid
  • marsupium

Translations

See also

  • Category:Marsupials

Adjective

marsupial (comparative more marsupial, superlative most marsupial)

  1. Of or pertaining to a marsupial.
    • 1892, The American naturalist, page 125:
      Showing that this animal is marsupial, consists of the following characters.
    • 1952, The Motor, page 520:
      It seemed to me, meandering around Earls Court, that motors should be more marsupial.
    • 2002, Fiction Fix: First Injection, page 58:
      But there's this pouch just below my belly button, very marsupial, where the kangaroo lives.
  2. (anatomy) Of or relating to a marsupium.
    the marsupial bones

Translations


Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA(key): /məɾ.su.piˈal/

  • (Central) IPA(key): /mər.su.piˈal/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /maɾ.su.piˈal/

Noun

marsupial m (plural marsupials)

  1. marsupial

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maʁ.sy.pjal/
  • (file)

Noun

marsupial m (plural marsupiaux)

  1. marsupial

Further reading

  • marsupial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Noun

marsupial m (plural marsupiais)

  1. marsupial (mammal species whose females have a pouch to carry the offspring)

Adjective

marsupial m or f (plural marsupiais)

  1. marsupial (of or relating to marsupials)

Romanian

Etymology

From French marsupial.

Noun

marsupial n (plural marsupiale)

  1. marsupial

Declension


Spanish

Etymology

From New Latin marsūpialis, from Latin marsūpium "pouch", from Ancient Greek μαρσίππιον (marsíppion). More at marsupio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maɾsuˈpjal/ [maɾ.suˈpjal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: mar‧su‧pial

Adjective

marsupial (plural marsupiales)

  1. marsupial

Derived terms

  • bolsa marsupial

Noun

marsupial m (plural marsupiales)

  1. marsupial
  • marsupio

Further reading

  • marsupial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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