Marsupialia – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Marsupialia
n.
order of animals which includes marsupials, subclass of Mammalia
Marsupial
Marsupials are an
infraclass of
mammals living primarily in
Australasia and the
Americas. A distinctive characteristic, common to many
species, is that most of the young are carried in a
pouch. Well-known marsupials include
kangaroos,
wallabies, the
koala,
possums,
opossums,
wombats and the
Tasmanian devil. Other marsupials include the
numbat,
bandicoots,
bettongs, the
bilby,
quolls, and the
quokka.
Marsupialia
Noun
1. coextensive with the subclass Metatheria
(synonym) order Marsupialia
(hypernym) animal order
(member-holonym) Metatheria, subclass Metatheria
(member-meronym) marsupial, pouched mammal
Marsupialia
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Marsupialia
s.
Marsupialia, dyreslekt som består av pungdyr, underklasse av pattedyr
