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marsupial

/mahr-soo-pee-uhl/US // mɑrˈsu pi əl //UK // (mɑːˈsjuːpɪəl, -ˈsuː-) //

有袋动物,有袋类动物,有袋鼠,有袋类

Related Words

wombat袋鼠,树袋熊,袋熊,熊猫koala考拉,无尾熊,树袋熊,考拉的故事kangaroo袋鼠,小袋鼠,袋子,布袋鼠possum负鼠,负离子,野鼠,死神opossum负鼠,羚羊,两栖动物,有尾熊wallaby沙袋鼠,小袋鼠,岩袋鼠,壁虎bandicoot匪徒,匪夷所思,匪徒们,匪帮euro欧元

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any viviparous, nonplacental mammal of the order Marsupialia, comprising the opossums, kangaroos, wombats, and bandicoots, the females of most species having a marsupium containing the mammary glands and serving as a receptacle for the young.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to, resembling, or having a marsupium.
    • : of or relating to the marsupials.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounpouched mammal
Synonyms
bandicoot匪徒,匪夷所思,匪徒们,匪帮euro欧元kangaroo袋鼠,小袋鼠,袋子,布袋鼠koala考拉,无尾熊,树袋熊,考拉的故事opossum负鼠,羚羊,两栖动物,有尾熊possum负鼠,负离子,野鼠,死神wallaby沙袋鼠,小袋鼠,岩袋鼠,壁虎wombat袋鼠,树袋熊,袋熊,熊猫

Examples

  • Because of their unique reproductive biology and their relative rarity in laboratory settings, though, marsupials had eluded the CRISPR rush—until now.

  • There are three kinds of didelphic or marsupial animals on the coast.

  • The pelvis, it is true, is furnished with marsupial bones, but these animals possess no pouch.

  • It is digitigrade: it has five toes on the fore, and four toes on its hinder feet; its marsupial bones are simply rudimental.

  • In Australia we find marsupial forms as at the present day; but they were gigantic in comparison with the latter.

  • It was associated with correspondingly large marsupial mammals, now also extinct.

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