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marsupials

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for marsupials.

Editorial note

Also like the marsupials, in most cases where co-ops compete with regular capitalist businesses they go extinct.

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Quick take

Any member of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia, including those where the female has a pouch in which it rears its young through early infancy, such as kangaroos, koalas, wombats and opossums, as well as the pouchless shrew opossums.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of marsupials gathered in one view.

noun

Any member of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia, including those where the female has a pouch in which it rears its young through early infancy, such as kangaroos, koalas, wombats and opossums, as well as the pouchless shrew opossums.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for marsupials.

noun

Any member of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia, including those where the female has a pouch in which it rears its young through early infancy, such as kangaroos, koalas, wombats and opossums, as well as the pouchless shrew opossums.

Example sentences

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Also like the marsupials, in most cases where co-ops compete with regular capitalist businesses they go extinct.

2

Two marsupials believed extinct for 6000 years found alive, having a lunchtime pint in the hare and hounds in Somerset.

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Unlike the elephant / mammoth pairing, there aren't any marsupials similar to Thylacine (as far as I know).

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And proceeded to verify Wallace's claims about where you find placental mammals like tigers and monkeys versus marsupials like kangaroos and wombats.

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Generally, marsupials are mostly close to other mammals in brain structure, but they do have a fair bit less layers and some nuclear structures.

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Just like marsupials finish up outside the womb in a pouch, we have own external phase.

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If you find any more info on marsupials and peppers, I'd love to see it.

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I'm surprised no one pointed out the fact that marsupials actually have bifurcated genitalia.

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There are plenty of marsupials to go around.

10

What did reevolve in groups such as marsupials and apes was the green color receptor, which was present in older ancestors, but had been lost in the first mammals.

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Giant slots, giant rhinos like Paraceratherium, Giant marsupials like Diprotodon, elephants and other mega herbivores most probably roamed searching the huge bulk of plant products that they needed each day.

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Only one of them can be active, so during embryonic development in mammals, one of them for each cell is randomly and independently deactivated (except marsupials, where it's always the paternal X chromosome).

Quote examples

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For example, let’s say you’re trying to classify animals into groups and you’ve “been trained” on a dataset that doesn’t include monotremes or marsupials.

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(I may have missed some marsupials, to be fair.) I believe these search results are reflective of what people are looking for when they search "animal," and it isn't fish.

Proper noun examples

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Marsupials are an interesting comparison with similar but different traits.

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Marsupials are generally good breeders so eventually there will need to be a cull, but because they aren't hooved herbivores some of the normal destructions doesn't happen, like with goats or pigs.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use marsupials in a sentence?

Also like the marsupials, in most cases where co-ops compete with regular capitalist businesses they go extinct.

What does marsupials mean?

Any member of the mammalian infraclass Marsupialia, including those where the female has a pouch in which it rears its young through early infancy, such as kangaroos, koalas, wombats and opossums, as well as the pouchless shrew opossums.

What part of speech is marsupials?

marsupials is commonly used as noun.