noun
mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried
• Syn: ↑marsupial
• Hypernyms: ↑metatherian
• Hyponyms:
↑opossum, ↑possum, ↑opossum rat, ↑bandicoot, ↑kangaroo, ↑phalanger, ↑wombat, ↑dasyurid marsupial, ↑dasyurid, ↑pouched mole, ↑marsupial mole, ↑Notoryctus typhlops
• Member Holonyms: ↑Marsupialia, ↑order Marsupialia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.