marsupial

n. 有袋类动物 a. 有袋的, 袋状的

发音

UK /mɑːˈsuː.pi.əl/
US /mɑɹˈsu.pi.əl/
其它

词形变化

marsupials 复数 marsupials more marsupial 比较级 most marsupial 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    有袋动物

    有袋类

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or pertaining to a marsupial.

  2. 2.

    Of or relating to a marsupium.

    医学

    the marsupial bones

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词源

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.

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