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1. (Zoöl.) Having a pouch for
carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the
Marsupialia.

2. (Anat. & Zoöl.) Of or
pertaining to a marsupium; as, the marsupial bones.

Marsupial frog. (Zoöl.) See
Nototrema.

Mar*su"pi*al, n. (Zoöl.)
One of the Marsupialia.

||Mar*su`pi*a"li*a (-ā"l&ibreve;*&adot;),
n. pl. [NL., fr. L. marsupium a pouch, bag,
purse, Gr. marsy`pion, dim. of ma`rsypos,
ma`rsipos.] (Zoöl.) A subclass of
Mammalia, including nearly all the mammals of Australia and the
adjacent islands, together with the opossums of America. They differ
from ordinary mammals in having the corpus callosum very small, in
being implacental, and in having their young born while very
immature. The female generally carries the young for some time after
birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Called also
Marsupiata.

{ Mar*su`pi*a"li*an (?), Mar*su"pi*an (?), }
n.


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