Definition of "marsupial" in английский

noun

1. Any member of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia, including those where the female has a pouch in which it rears its young through early infancy, such as kangaroos, koalas, wombats and opossums, as well as the pouchless shrew opossums.

adjective

1. Of or pertaining to a marsupial.

2. (anatomy) Of or relating to a marsupium.

   • the marsupial bones