What is another word for marsupialia?

Pronunciation: [mˌɑːsuːpɪˈe͡ɪli͡ə] (IPA)

Marsupialia is a term used to refer to a group of mammals that possess pouches in which they carry their young ones. These animals are known for their unique reproductive system and adaptations that allow them to thrive in various habitats. Some synonyms for marsupialia include pouched mammals, metatherians, pouched animals, marsupials, and marsupial mammals. These synonyms are often used interchangeably to describe this particular group of animals. Despite a relatively small representation of marsupials in the animal kingdom, they are found in various parts of the world, including Australia, South America, and parts of North America.

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What are the hypernyms for Marsupialia?

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What are the hyponyms for Marsupialia?

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What are the holonyms for Marsupialia?

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Usage examples for Marsupialia

Professor Owen observes:-"That the marsupialia form one great natural group is now generally admitted by zoologists.
"The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2)"
John West
In fact, as I have recently endeavoured to prove to the Society, there was an Arctogaeal continent and an Arctogaeal province of distribution in Triassic times as there is now; and the Sauropsida and marsupialia which constituted that fauna were, I doubt not, the progenitors of the Sauropsida and marsupialia of the whole Mesozoic epoch.
"Critiques and Addresses"
Thomas Henry Huxley
The field mouse and rabbits are rodentia, the deer ungulata, the kangaroos marsupialia.
"Concerning Animals and Other Matters"
E.H. Aitken, (AKA Edward Hamilton)

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