marsupial

marsupial
    adj 1: of or relating to the marsupials; "marsupial animals"
    n 1: mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium)
         containing the teats where the young are fed and carried
         [syn: {marsupial}, {pouched mammal}]
    

Marsupial \Mar*su"pi*al\ (m[aum]r*s[=u]"p[i^]*al), a. [Cf. F.
   marsupial.]
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   1. (Zool.) Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of
      or pertaining to the Marsupialia.
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   2. (Anat. & Zool.) Of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the
      marsupial bones.
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   {Marsupial frog}. (Zool.) See {Nototrema}.
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marsupial \mar*su"pi*al\, n. (Zool.)
   One of the Marsupialia.
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37 Moby Thesaurus words for "marsupial":
      amphibian, aquatic, biped, camerated, canine, cannibal, capsular,
      carnivore, cellular, cetacean, chordate, cosmopolite, cystic,
      feline, gnawer, herbivore, insectivore, invertebrate, locular,
      mammal, mammalian, marsupialian, omnivore, primate, quadruped,
      reptile, rodent, ruminant, saccular, scavenger, siliquose,
      ungulate, varmint, vascular, vermin, vertebrate, vesicular