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語源

From Latin marsupium, marsuppium (“pouch, purse”), from Ancient Greek μαρσύπιον (marsúpion) or μαρσύππιον (marsúppion), variants of μαρσίππιον (marsíppion), diminutive of μάρσιππος (mársippos, “bag, pouch”); with English -al.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /mɑːˈsuː.pi.əl/
• (米国発音) IPA: /mɑɹˈsu.pi.əl/
• ハイフネーション: mar‧su‧pial

名詞

marsupial (plural marsupials)

1. A mammal of the infraclass Marsupialia, including those where the female has a pouch in which it rears the young through early infancy, such as kangaroos, koalas, wombats and opossums, as well as the pouchless shrew opossums.

下位語

• See also Thesaurus:marsupial

派生語

関連する語

• Marsupialia
• marsupialoid
• marsupium

参考

• Category:Marsupials

形容詞

marsupial (comparative more marsupial, superlative most marsupial)

1. Of or pertaining to a marsupial.
   • 1892, The American naturalist, page 125:

     Showing that this animal is marsupial, consists of the following characters.

   • 1952, The Motor, page 520:

     It seemed to me, meandering around Earls Court, that motors should be more marsupial.

   • 2002, Fiction Fix: First Injection, page 58:

     But there's this pouch just below my belly button, very marsupial, where the kangaroo lives.

2. (anatomy) Of or relating to a marsupium.

   the marsupial bones