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Topic: ANIMALS

Date: 1600-1700
Language: Latin
Origin: marsupium 'small bag'

marsupial

 noun
     
mar‧su‧pi‧al [countable]
HBA an animal such as a kangaroo which carries its babies in a pocket of skin on its body
—marsupial adjective
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