Marsupial



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. / adj. 有袋动物 ( 的)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Date: 1819
• 1. of, relating to, or being a marsupial
• 2. of, relating to, or forming a marsupium

II. noun

• Etymology: New Latin Marsupialia, from marsupium
• Date: circa 1835
• any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young

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