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marsupial

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9 lettersPronunciation /mɑːˈsuː.pi.əl/Part of speech noun, adjectiveSorted aailmprsuStarts with MEnds with L0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried

Word origin

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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  • Showing that this animal is marsupial, consists of the following characters.
  • It seemed to me, meandering around Earls Court, that motors should be more marsupial.
  • But there's this pouch just below my belly button, very marsupial, where the kangaroo lives.

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