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(Zoöl.) One of the
Marsupialia.

Mar*su"pi*ate (?), a.
(Zoöl.) Related to or resembling the marsupials;
furnished with a pouch for the young, as the marsupials, and also
some fishes and Crustacea.

||Mar*su"pi*on (?), n. [NL.] Same
as Marsupium.

Mar"su*pite (?), n. [See
Marsupial.] (Paleon.) A fossil crinoid of the
genus Marsupites, resembling a purse in form.

||Mar*su"pi*um (?), n.; pl.
Marsupia (#). [L., a pouch], (Anat. &
Zoöl.) (a) The pouch, formed by a fold
of the skin of the abdomen, in which marsupials carry their young;
also, a pouch for similar use in other animals, as certain
Crustacea. (b) The pecten in the eye of
birds and reptiles. See Pecten.

Mart (märt), n. [Contr. fr.
market.]

1. A market.

Where has commerce such a mart . . . as London
?

Cowper.

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