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MARSUPIALIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Marsupialia mean?
• MARSUPIALIA (noun)
The noun MARSUPIALIA has 1 sense:
1. coextensive with the subclass Metatheria
Familiarity information: MARSUPIALIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the subclass Metatheria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Marsupialia; order Marsupialia
Hypernyms ("Marsupialia" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Marsupialia"):
marsupial; pouched mammal (mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried)
Didelphidae; family Didelphidae (opossums)
Caenolestidae; family Caenolestidae (small marsupials of southern South America)
family Peramelidae; Peramelidae (bandicoots)
family Macropodidae; Macropodidae (kangaroos; wallabies)
family Phalangeridae; Phalangeridae (phalangers; koalas)
family Vombatidae; Vombatidae (wombats)
Dasyuridae; family Dasyuridae; family Dasyurinae (dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils)
family Notoryctidae; Notoryctidae (pouched moles)
Holonyms ("Marsupialia" is a member of...):
Metatheria; subclass Metatheria (pouched animals)
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