marsupial

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/mɑːˈsuː.pi.əl/    /mɑɹˈsu.pi.əl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to a marsupial.
    — Showing that this animal is marsupial, consists of the following characters.
  2. Of or relating to a marsupium.
    — the marsupial bones

词形变化

marsupials plural more marsupial comparative most marsupial superlative

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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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