marsupial

/mahr-soo-pee-uhl/US // mɑrˈsu pi əl //UK // (mɑːˈsjuːpɪəl, -ˈsuː-) //

有袋动物,有袋类动物,有袋鼠,有袋类

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any viviparous, nonplacental mammal of the order Marsupialia, comprising the opossums, kangaroos, wombats, and bandicoots, the females of most species having a marsupium containing the mammary glands and serving as a receptacle for the young.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : pertaining to, resembling, or having a marsupium.
- : of or relating to the marsupials.

nounpouched mammal

Synonyms

Because of their unique reproductive biology and their relative rarity in laboratory settings, though, marsupials had eluded the CRISPR rush—until now.
There are three kinds of didelphic or marsupial animals on the coast.
The pelvis, it is true, is furnished with marsupial bones, but these animals possess no pouch.
It is digitigrade: it has five toes on the fore, and four toes on its hinder feet; its marsupial bones are simply rudimental.
In Australia we find marsupial forms as at the present day; but they were gigantic in comparison with the latter.
It was associated with correspondingly large marsupial mammals, now also extinct.

/mahr-soo-pee-uhl/US // mɑrˈsu pi əl //UK // (mɑːˈsjuːpɪəl, -ˈsuː-) //

有袋动物,有袋类动物,有袋鼠,有袋类

n.名词 noun

1
- : any viviparous, nonplacental mammal of the order Marsupialia, comprising the opossums, kangaroos, wombats, and bandicoots, the females of most species having a marsupium containing the mammary glands and serving as a receptacle for the young.

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : pertaining to, resembling, or having a marsupium.
- : of or relating to the marsupials.

nounpouched mammal

Synonyms

Because of their unique reproductive biology and their relative rarity in laboratory settings, though, marsupials had eluded the CRISPR rush—until now.
There are three kinds of didelphic or marsupial animals on the coast.
The pelvis, it is true, is furnished with marsupial bones, but these animals possess no pouch.
It is digitigrade: it has five toes on the fore, and four toes on its hinder feet; its marsupial bones are simply rudimental.
In Australia we find marsupial forms as at the present day; but they were gigantic in comparison with the latter.
It was associated with correspondingly large marsupial mammals, now also extinct.