Marsupialia

Marsupialia
Mar·su·pi·a·lia mär-.sü-pē-'ā-lē-ə n pl an order or other taxon of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that with few exceptions develop no placenta and usu. have a pouch on the abdomen of the female containing the teats and serving to carry the young
mar·su·pi·al mär-'sü-pē-əl adj or n

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Mar·su·pi·a·lia (mahr-soo″pe-aґle-ə) an order of the class Mammalia characterized by possession of a marsupium where the young, which are born in an underdeveloped state, are carried and nourished until their development is complete. In some systems of classification, it is considered to be an order of the infraclass or subclass Metatheria. It includes the opossums, kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, and wombats.

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  • Marsupialĭa — Marsupialĭa, so v.w. Beutelthiere …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Marsupialĭa — (lat.), soviel wie Beuteltiere (s. d.) …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Marsupialia — Marsupialĭa, die Beuteltiere (s.d.) und die Beutelquallen (s. Lappenquallen) …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Marsupialia —   [griechisch lateinisch], die Beuteltiere.   …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Marsupialia — Marsupialia, einzige Ordnung der ⇒ Metatheria (Beuteltiere) …   Deutsch wörterbuch der biologie

  • Marsupialia — Marsupiaux …   Wikipédia en Français

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  • Marsupialia — Beutelsäuger Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) Systematik Stamm: Chordatiere (Chordata) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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