Marsupium vs. Marsupial

Marsupiumnoun

The external pouch in which female marsupials rear and feed the young.

Marsupiumnoun

A brood pouch in some fishes, crustaceans and insects in the family Monophlebidae.

Marsupiumnoun

The pouch, formed by a fold of the skin of the abdomen, in which marsupials carry their young; also, a pouch for similar use in other animals, as certain Crustacea.

Marsupiumnoun

an external abdominal pouch in most marsupials where newborn offspring are suckled

Marsupialnoun

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

Marsupialadjective

Of or pertaining to a marsupial.

Marsupialadjective

(anatomy) Of or relating to a marsupium.

Marsupialadjective

Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia.

Marsupialadjective

Of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the marsupial bones.

Marsupialnoun

One of the Marsupialia.

Marsupialnoun

mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried

Marsupialadjective

of or relating to the marsupials;

Marsupial

Marsupials are any members of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia. All extant marsupials are endemic to Australasia and the Americas.