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METATHERIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Metatheria mean?
• METATHERIA (noun)
The noun METATHERIA has 1 sense:
1. pouched animals
Familiarity information: METATHERIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pouched animals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Metatheria; subclass Metatheria
Hypernyms ("Metatheria" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Metatheria"):
Marsupialia; order Marsupialia (coextensive with the subclass Metatheria)
Holonyms ("Metatheria" is a member of...):
class Mammalia; Mammalia (warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female)
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