marsupialadj.n.

Brit.

/mɑːˈs(j)uːpɪəl/, U.S.

/mɑrˈsupiəl/

Forms: 1600s marsupeal, 1800s– marsupial.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin marsupialis.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin marsupialis (c1180 in a British source in the sense ‘money-grubbing’, 1694 in W. Cowper Myotomia Reformata xxxii. 188 in the anatomical sense, 1698 in E. Tyson Carigueya seu Marsupiale Americanum in the zoological sense (both as adjective (see marsupial bone n. at Compounds 1a) and noun (as a name for the opossum)) < classical Latin marsūpium pouch, purse (see marsupium n.) + -ālis -al suffix¹. Compare French marsupial, adjective (1736) and noun (1806).

A. adj.

1. Anatomy and Zoology. Of a part of the body: resembling a pouch. rare.† marsupial muscle n. Obsolete the internal obturator muscle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > relating to a pouch

marsupial1696

1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Marsupeal Muscle, the ninth Muscle in order whereby the Thigh is mov'd.

1839 G. A. Mantell Wonders Geol. II. 543 It [sc. the actinia] presents a broad disk..having in the centre a corrugated surface, which is contracted into a marsupial or purse-like form.

1920 S. W. Ranson Anat. Nerv. Syst. xiii. 197 The posterior cerebellar notch (marsupial notch) is smaller, and within it is lodged a fold of the dura mater, the falx cerebelli.

a. Zoology. Of, designating, relating to, or contained within the abdominal pouch within which certain mammals (see sense A. 2b) nurse their immature young. Chiefly in compounds (see sense B.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [adjective] > relating to pouch

marsupial1805

1805 Philadelphia Med. & Physical Jrnl. 2 i. 156 An abstract of the second memoir, which is restricted to the marsupial and dorsal gestation of this singular animal, has been transmitted to Mr. Roume.

1834 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 124 334 These bones..defend the abdominal viscera from the pressure of the young as these increase in size during their mammary or marsupial existence.

1847 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1843–7 4 329 The marsupial young..have a chylopoietic..life.

1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 64 From the reproductive gland to the marsupial pouch.

1916 J. A. B. Scherer Cotton as World Power iii. xxxi. 156 The homely opossum, famed for the marsupial care of its young.

1951 G. R. de Beer Vertebr. Zool. (ed. 2) xli. 390 Nearly all Marsupials have a marsupial pouch in the female.

1978 Man 13 313 Possums are thought to reproduce from leaves left to rot in the marsupial pouch.

b. Zoology. Designating mammals of the order Marsupialia, characterized by the bearing of very immature young which are typically nursed in an abdominal pouch, and whose extant members include kangaroos, opossums, etc. (see Marsupialia n.); of or relating to such a mammal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [adjective]

marsupial1807

pouched1810

marsupiate1834

marsupian1835

didelphine1847

marsupialian1848

purse-bearing1859

didelphous1873

metatherian1880

1807 W. Lawrence tr. J. F. Blumenbach Short Syst. Compar. Anat. ii. 40 In the kangaroo, and other marsupial animals, the superior, or rather the anterior margin of the ossa pubis, is furnished with a peculiar pair of small bones.

1825 Zool. Jrnl. 1 405 These three states of genital products require three distinct situations, which in the normal mammifera, are found within the sexual canal; but in the marsupial they are very differently distributed.

1832 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 2) II. 89 More than forty species of the marsupial family.

1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 1343/1 Zoophagans,..the corresponding group of the Marsupial Quadrupeds.

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species xiii. 430 Its relations are general, and not to any one marsupial species more than to another.

1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. IV. 411 Cous~cous, or Spotted Phalanger, a marsupial animal.

1909 E. T. Seton Life-histories of Northern Animals I. 496 The young when very small attached themselves firmly to the teat, almost in marsupial style.

1955 C. Barrett Austral. Animal Bk. (ed. 2) 5 That unique little marsupial anteater, the numbat, has gone from South Australia.

1971 Nature 21 May 195/1 Several antisera previously made against Australasian marsupial sera.

1990 Sci. Amer. Nov. 42/3 The sleep cycle..appears to be present in all placental and marsupial mammals.

c. figurative and in extended use. Resembling or likened to a marsupial mammal or its pouch.

ΚΠ

1930 R. Campbell Adamastor 63 Like a millionaire, to cherish My purse with soft marsupial love.

1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions ii. viii. 655 He..stood, vaguely marsupial, delving for the penknife in a pocket of his vest.

1986 P. D. James Taste for Death (1989) iii. iv. 224 He gave the impression of plumpness, perhaps because of his almost round face and the chubbiness of his marsupial cheeks.

3. Chiefly Zoology. Designating, relating to, or functioning as a pouch, esp. a brood pouch or marsupium of an invertebrate (marsupium n. 2b).

ΚΠ

1843 R. Owen Lect. Compar. Anat. Invertebr. Animals 109 In this state they are transferred from the ovarium to the marsupial vesicles... In the ova of the marsupial sacs, Siebold could no longer discern the germinal vesicle.

1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 132 Some persons may serve only for the reception of ova, and form the so-called marsupial capsules.

1994 E. E. Ruppert & R. D. Barnes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 6) xiv. 733/2 The marsupial oostegites may make their appearance as small projections during juvenile instars.

4. Botany. Of, relating to, or designating the marsupium of a liverwort (marsupium n. 5); bearing marsupia.

ΚΠ

1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 153/1 Marsupial, geocalycal or pouch-fruited, used of certain Hepaticae.

1910 Encycl. Brit. IV. 704/2 In a number of forms..the end of the stem..grows downwards so as to form a hollow tubular sac enclosing the sporogonium; in other cases this marsupial sac is formed by the base of the sporogonium boring into the thickened end of the stem.

1938 G. M. Smith Cryptogamic Bot. II. ii. 66 The older hepaticologists grouped all marsupial genera in a separate family.

1964 E. V. Watson Struct. & Life Bryophytes iv. 54 Cavers..pointed out that a full marsupial development was often correlated with a loss of true calyptra, or perianth, or both.

1987 Lindbergia 12 103 Lethocolea Mitt., a marsupial genus, has been discovered for the first time in the Indian subcontinent.

B. n.

A marsupial mammal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > marsupial

marsupial1805

marsupian1835

marsupiate1850

metatherian1895

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Marsupiale, a name given by Tyson to the..opossum.]

1805 tr. E. Geoffroy in Philos. Mag. 21 30 I flattered myself with the idea that the order of the marsupials, which I proposed to establish, would be confined to these four genera.

1835 Penny Cycl. III. 127/2 The next order, or Marsupials, is that which..comprehends the great majority of Australian mammals.

1872 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 6) iv. 99 The three lowest orders of mammals, namely, marsupials, edentata, and rodents, co-exist in South America in the same region with numerous monkeys.

1896 F. G. Aflalo Nat. Hist. Austral. ii. 26 The extinction of these surviving marsupials can only be a matter of time, for besides being slow breeders,..they are ruthlessly slaughtered by the settlers.

1911 E. M. Clowes On Wallaby xi. 277 The little marsupial, swinging at ease in its mother's pouch.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xxi. 688 There are carnivore-like marsupials, such as the Tasmanian devil; rodent-like marsupials, such as the wombat.., and so on.

1978 M. Lambert Fossils 110 By the end of the Mesozoic era, three main groups had evolved: the Monotremes (egg-laying Mammals); the Marsupials (pouched Mammals); and the placental Mammals.

1994 Independent on Sunday 27 Mar. 18/8 The bilby is an endangered marsupial also known as the rabbit-eared bandicoot.

Compounds

C1. Compounds of the adjective.

marsupial bone n. [compare post-classical Latin ossa marsupialia (E. Tyson Carigueya seu Marsupiale Americanum (1698) 13), French os marsupiaux, plural (Cuvier, 1805)] either of the two prepubic or epipubic bones extending forward from the anterior edge of the pelvis into the abdominal wall of marsupials, monotremes, and certain multituberculates.

ΚΠ

1811 J. Parkinson Exam. Mineralized Remains Antediluvian World III. xxxi. 437 M. Cuvier..was thereby enabled to prove the existence of these supernumerary or marsupial bones in the fossil.

1896 J. W. Kirkaldy & E. C. Pollard tr. J. E. V. Boas Text Bk. Zool. 496 The Marsupials have marsupial bones.

1942 L. H. Hyman Compar. Vertebr. Anat. (ed. 2) iv. 57 This pouch..is supported by a V-like pair of marsupial bones (epipubes, prepubes).

1986 A. S. Romer & T. S. Parsons Vertebr. Body (ed. 6) vii. 210 A pair of ‘marsupial bones’ (prepubes) extends forward from the pubes and supports the body wall.

† marsupial capsule n. Zoology Obsolete rare = ovicell n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Polyzoa > [noun] > member of > receptacle for ova

ovicell1856

marsupial capsule1878

ooecium1881

oocyst1882

1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 132 Some persons may serve only for the reception of ova, and form the so-called marsupial capsules.

marsupial muscle n. see sense A. 1.

(a) In the names of marsupial mammals that look or behave like the placental mammal denoted by the second element.

marsupial cat n. any of several carnivorous marsupials of the genus Dasyurus (family Dasyuridae) of Australia and New Guinea, with white-spotted dark fur (also called dasyure, native cat, quoll).

ΚΠ

1926 A. S. Le Souef et al. Wild Animals Australasia 332 For the sake of convenience we will refer to it as the ‘marsupial cat’.

1965 E. Troughton Furred Animals Austral. (ed. 8) 45 The largest species of the so-called marsupial cats..is immediately distinguished from all others by having the white body-spots continuing along the tail.

marsupial lion n. an extinct carnivorous marsupial, Thylacoleo carnifex, of the Australian Pleistocene.

ΚΠ

1867 Illustr. Sydney News 16 July 204/2 The fossil remains picked out, yielding a rich harvest of many bones and teeth, among them the left incisor of the much talked about marsupial lion (Thylacoleo carnifex).

1985 Bulletin (Sydney) 28 May 78/2 The marsupial lions were apparently rather possum-like in appearance but most un-possum-like in behaviour. They were specialised meat-eaters which had long and very powerful front incisors.

marsupial mole n. a small burrowing Australian marsupial, Notoryctes typhlops, with pale yellow or silvery fur and vestigial eyes, resembling the golden moles.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > other types of

rat kangaroo1841

marsupial mole1894

1894 R. Lydekker Hand-bk. Marsupialia 191 The Marsupial mole..was fed on the ‘witchetty’.

1934 W. A. Osborne Visitor to Austral. 76 The visitor is not likely to see..the marsupial mole, except in a zoo or museum.

1955 C. Barrett Austral. Animal Bk. vi. 31 Discovered in 1888, the marsupial mole..caused much argument among zoologists and others about its affinities.

1973 V. Serventy Desert Walkabout 13 We caught a frog and geckoes but our search for the rare marsupial mole was fruitless.

1983 R. Strahan Compl. Bk. Austral. Mammals 87 The resemblance of the Marsupial Mole to the true (placental) moles..is a striking example of convergent evolution.

marsupial mouse n. any of numerous shrew-like marsupials of the family Dasyuridae, found in Australia and New Guinea.

ΚΠ

1928 Rec. Austral. Mus. 16 281 (title) A new genus, species, and subspecies of marsupial mice (family Dasyuridæ).

1970 W. D. L. Ride Guide Native Mammals Austral. 120 Some species of dunnarts or marsupial mice are fat-tailed in the manner of the Red-eared Antechinus.

1999 Independent 26 Feb. ii. 9/7 A newborn marsupial mouse relies more on its skin than on its lungs to breathe.

marsupial rat n. (a) an opossum of the South American genus Monodelphis (family Didelphidae), having a short tail and an undeveloped marsupial pouch; (b) a marsupial mouse; spec. Dasyuroides byrnei, which has a bushy tail and is found in Australian deserts and grassland.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Didelphidae (opossum)

ape-fox1594

fox-ape1594

opossum1610

possum1613

cerigo1708

pedimane1835

marsupial rat1863

1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons II. ii. 110 A beautiful opossum:..this made the third species of marsupial rat I had so far obtained.

1906 J. W. Gregory Dead Heart Austral. 150 On its shores lived..wallabies, bandicoots, and marsupial rats.

1965 E. Troughton Furred Animals Austral. (ed. 8) 34 Crest-tailed Marsupial-Rat, Genus Dasyuroides... This genus was created for the reception of the single species so far known. It was one of the most interesting animals discovered by the Horn Expedition to Central Australia.

1973 V. Serventy Desert Walkabout 36 Ken had to make do with tinned food, three marsupial rats, two crested pigeons and damper.

1990 tr. B. Grzimek Encycl. Mammals I. 242/2 All species [of Monodelphis] belong to the ‘opossums (or marsupial rats) without marsupium’.

marsupial wolf n. the thylacine, Thylacinus cynocephalus.

ΚΠ

1885 Illustr. Austral. News (Melbourne) 19 Dec. 218/3 The group of marsupial wolf..represents the largest, most formidable and, in many respects, the most remarkable of the carnivorous marsupial animals.

1955 C. Barrett Austral. Animal Bk. v. 26 Though thinner in the body, the marsupial wolf somewhat resembles a true wolf in appearance, with its long and slender muzzle, ears of medium size, and long tail.

1995 Mojo Feb. 21/1 A thylacine is an allegedly extinct marsupial wolf from Tasmania. The last one was killed in 1932.

(b)

marsupial frog n. any of several tree frogs, esp. of the South American genus Gastrotheca (family Hylidae), the females of which have a pouch in the skin of the back in which the fertilized eggs develop and hatch (cf. pouch-toad n. at pouch n. Compounds 2).

ΚΠ

1889 Cent. Dict. at Frog Marsupial frog, a batrachian which possesses a brood-pouch, as of the genera Rhinoderma, Nototrema, and Amphignathodon.

a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xviii. 475 In the ‘marsupial frogs’ (Nototrema) of South American forests, the female has a dorsal skin-pouch, usually opening backwards near the cloaca. Into this pocket the eggs are somehow passed, perhaps with the male's assistance.

1992 Sci. Amer. July 63/1 Because the frogs brood their eggs in a manner analogous to that of mammals, they are often referred to as the marsupial frogs.

C2. General use of the noun as a modifier.

ΚΠ

1881 Act (Queensland) 45 Vict. c. 4 §2 The Marsupial Board to be elected or appointed for any district hereinafter defined.

1885 H. Finch-Hatton Advance Australia! 106 An Act known as the Marsupial Act was accordingly passed to encourage their destruction... Some of the squatters have gone to a vast expense in fencing in their runs with marsupial fencing.

1930 F. Hives & G. Lumley Jrnl. of Jackaroo 52 The Government..declared kangaroos..to be pests. What were known as Marsupial Boards were formed.

1955 Evolution 9 91/2 Possums have persisted right through marsupial history.

1991 New Scientist (BNC) 16 Feb. If the following books in the series are as good they will serve well the cause of marsupial biology.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	marsupial
释义	marsupialadj.n. Brit. /mɑːˈs(j)uːpɪəl/, U.S. /mɑrˈsupiəl/ Forms: 1600s marsupeal, 1800s– marsupial. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin marsupialis. Etymology: < post-classical Latin marsupialis (c1180 in a British source in the sense ‘money-grubbing’, 1694 in W. Cowper Myotomia Reformata xxxii. 188 in the anatomical sense, 1698 in E. Tyson Carigueya seu Marsupiale Americanum in the zoological sense (both as adjective (see marsupial bone n. at Compounds 1a) and noun (as a name for the opossum)) < classical Latin marsūpium pouch, purse (see marsupium n.) + -ālis -al suffix¹. Compare French marsupial, adjective (1736) and noun (1806). A. adj. 1. Anatomy and Zoology. Of a part of the body: resembling a pouch. rare.† marsupial muscle n. Obsolete the internal obturator muscle. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > relating to a pouch marsupial1696 1696 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Marsupeal Muscle, the ninth Muscle in order whereby the Thigh is mov'd. 1839 G. A. Mantell Wonders Geol. II. 543 It [sc. the actinia] presents a broad disk..having in the centre a corrugated surface, which is contracted into a marsupial or purse-like form. 1920 S. W. Ranson Anat. Nerv. Syst. xiii. 197 The posterior cerebellar notch (marsupial notch) is smaller, and within it is lodged a fold of the dura mater, the falx cerebelli. 2. a. Zoology. Of, designating, relating to, or contained within the abdominal pouch within which certain mammals (see sense A. 2b) nurse their immature young. Chiefly in compounds (see sense B.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [adjective] > relating to pouch marsupial1805 1805 Philadelphia Med. & Physical Jrnl. 2 i. 156 An abstract of the second memoir, which is restricted to the marsupial and dorsal gestation of this singular animal, has been transmitted to Mr. Roume. 1834 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 124 334 These bones..defend the abdominal viscera from the pressure of the young as these increase in size during their mammary or marsupial existence. 1847 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 1843–7 4 329 The marsupial young..have a chylopoietic..life. 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 64 From the reproductive gland to the marsupial pouch. 1916 J. A. B. Scherer Cotton as World Power iii. xxxi. 156 The homely opossum, famed for the marsupial care of its young. 1951 G. R. de Beer Vertebr. Zool. (ed. 2) xli. 390 Nearly all Marsupials have a marsupial pouch in the female. 1978 Man 13 313 Possums are thought to reproduce from leaves left to rot in the marsupial pouch. b. Zoology. Designating mammals of the order Marsupialia, characterized by the bearing of very immature young which are typically nursed in an abdominal pouch, and whose extant members include kangaroos, opossums, etc. (see Marsupialia n.); of or relating to such a mammal. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [adjective] marsupial1807 pouched1810 marsupiate1834 marsupian1835 didelphine1847 marsupialian1848 purse-bearing1859 didelphous1873 metatherian1880 1807 W. Lawrence tr. J. F. Blumenbach Short Syst. Compar. Anat. ii. 40 In the kangaroo, and other marsupial animals, the superior, or rather the anterior margin of the ossa pubis, is furnished with a peculiar pair of small bones. 1825 Zool. Jrnl. 1 405 These three states of genital products require three distinct situations, which in the normal mammifera, are found within the sexual canal; but in the marsupial they are very differently distributed. 1832 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 2) II. 89 More than forty species of the marsupial family. 1842 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci., Lit. & Art 1343/1 Zoophagans,..the corresponding group of the Marsupial Quadrupeds. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species xiii. 430 Its relations are general, and not to any one marsupial species more than to another. 1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. IV. 411 Cous~cous, or Spotted Phalanger, a marsupial animal. 1909 E. T. Seton Life-histories of Northern Animals I. 496 The young when very small attached themselves firmly to the teat, almost in marsupial style. 1955 C. Barrett Austral. Animal Bk. (ed. 2) 5 That unique little marsupial anteater, the numbat, has gone from South Australia. 1971 Nature 21 May 195/1 Several antisera previously made against Australasian marsupial sera. 1990 Sci. Amer. Nov. 42/3 The sleep cycle..appears to be present in all placental and marsupial mammals. c. figurative and in extended use. Resembling or likened to a marsupial mammal or its pouch. ΚΠ 1930 R. Campbell Adamastor 63 Like a millionaire, to cherish My purse with soft marsupial love. 1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions ii. viii. 655 He..stood, vaguely marsupial, delving for the penknife in a pocket of his vest. 1986 P. D. James Taste for Death (1989) iii. iv. 224 He gave the impression of plumpness, perhaps because of his almost round face and the chubbiness of his marsupial cheeks. 3. Chiefly Zoology. Designating, relating to, or functioning as a pouch, esp. a brood pouch or marsupium of an invertebrate (marsupium n. 2b). ΚΠ 1843 R. Owen Lect. Compar. Anat. Invertebr. Animals 109 In this state they are transferred from the ovarium to the marsupial vesicles... In the ova of the marsupial sacs, Siebold could no longer discern the germinal vesicle. 1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 132 Some persons may serve only for the reception of ova, and form the so-called marsupial capsules. 1994 E. E. Ruppert & R. D. Barnes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 6) xiv. 733/2 The marsupial oostegites may make their appearance as small projections during juvenile instars. 4. Botany. Of, relating to, or designating the marsupium of a liverwort (marsupium n. 5); bearing marsupia. ΚΠ 1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 153/1 Marsupial, geocalycal or pouch-fruited, used of certain Hepaticae. 1910 Encycl. Brit. IV. 704/2 In a number of forms..the end of the stem..grows downwards so as to form a hollow tubular sac enclosing the sporogonium; in other cases this marsupial sac is formed by the base of the sporogonium boring into the thickened end of the stem. 1938 G. M. Smith Cryptogamic Bot. II. ii. 66 The older hepaticologists grouped all marsupial genera in a separate family. 1964 E. V. Watson Struct. & Life Bryophytes iv. 54 Cavers..pointed out that a full marsupial development was often correlated with a loss of true calyptra, or perianth, or both. 1987 Lindbergia 12 103 Lethocolea Mitt., a marsupial genus, has been discovered for the first time in the Indian subcontinent. B. n. A marsupial mammal. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > marsupial marsupial1805 marsupian1835 marsupiate1850 metatherian1895 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Marsupiale, a name given by Tyson to the..opossum.] 1805 tr. E. Geoffroy in Philos. Mag. 21 30 I flattered myself with the idea that the order of the marsupials, which I proposed to establish, would be confined to these four genera. 1835 Penny Cycl. III. 127/2 The next order, or Marsupials, is that which..comprehends the great majority of Australian mammals. 1872 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 6) iv. 99 The three lowest orders of mammals, namely, marsupials, edentata, and rodents, co-exist in South America in the same region with numerous monkeys. 1896 F. G. Aflalo Nat. Hist. Austral. ii. 26 The extinction of these surviving marsupials can only be a matter of time, for besides being slow breeders,..they are ruthlessly slaughtered by the settlers. 1911 E. M. Clowes On Wallaby xi. 277 The little marsupial, swinging at ease in its mother's pouch. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xxi. 688 There are carnivore-like marsupials, such as the Tasmanian devil; rodent-like marsupials, such as the wombat.., and so on. 1978 M. Lambert Fossils 110 By the end of the Mesozoic era, three main groups had evolved: the Monotremes (egg-laying Mammals); the Marsupials (pouched Mammals); and the placental Mammals. 1994 Independent on Sunday 27 Mar. 18/8 The bilby is an endangered marsupial also known as the rabbit-eared bandicoot. Compounds C1. Compounds of the adjective. a. marsupial bone n. [compare post-classical Latin ossa marsupialia (E. Tyson Carigueya seu Marsupiale Americanum (1698) 13), French os marsupiaux, plural (Cuvier, 1805)] either of the two prepubic or epipubic bones extending forward from the anterior edge of the pelvis into the abdominal wall of marsupials, monotremes, and certain multituberculates. ΚΠ 1811 J. Parkinson Exam. Mineralized Remains Antediluvian World III. xxxi. 437 M. Cuvier..was thereby enabled to prove the existence of these supernumerary or marsupial bones in the fossil. 1896 J. W. Kirkaldy & E. C. Pollard tr. J. E. V. Boas Text Bk. Zool. 496 The Marsupials have marsupial bones. 1942 L. H. Hyman Compar. Vertebr. Anat. (ed. 2) iv. 57 This pouch..is supported by a V-like pair of marsupial bones (epipubes, prepubes). 1986 A. S. Romer & T. S. Parsons Vertebr. Body (ed. 6) vii. 210 A pair of ‘marsupial bones’ (prepubes) extends forward from the pubes and supports the body wall. † marsupial capsule n. Zoology Obsolete rare = ovicell n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Polyzoa > [noun] > member of > receptacle for ova ovicell1856 marsupial capsule1878 ooecium1881 oocyst1882 1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 132 Some persons may serve only for the reception of ova, and form the so-called marsupial capsules. marsupial muscle n. see sense A. 1. b. (a) In the names of marsupial mammals that look or behave like the placental mammal denoted by the second element. marsupial cat n. any of several carnivorous marsupials of the genus Dasyurus (family Dasyuridae) of Australia and New Guinea, with white-spotted dark fur (also called dasyure, native cat, quoll). ΚΠ 1926 A. S. Le Souef et al. Wild Animals Australasia 332 For the sake of convenience we will refer to it as the ‘marsupial cat’. 1965 E. Troughton Furred Animals Austral. (ed. 8) 45 The largest species of the so-called marsupial cats..is immediately distinguished from all others by having the white body-spots continuing along the tail. marsupial lion n. an extinct carnivorous marsupial, Thylacoleo carnifex, of the Australian Pleistocene. ΚΠ 1867 Illustr. Sydney News 16 July 204/2 The fossil remains picked out, yielding a rich harvest of many bones and teeth, among them the left incisor of the much talked about marsupial lion (Thylacoleo carnifex). 1985 Bulletin (Sydney) 28 May 78/2 The marsupial lions were apparently rather possum-like in appearance but most un-possum-like in behaviour. They were specialised meat-eaters which had long and very powerful front incisors. marsupial mole n. a small burrowing Australian marsupial, Notoryctes typhlops, with pale yellow or silvery fur and vestigial eyes, resembling the golden moles. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > other types of rat kangaroo1841 marsupial mole1894 1894 R. Lydekker Hand-bk. Marsupialia 191 The Marsupial mole..was fed on the ‘witchetty’. 1934 W. A. Osborne Visitor to Austral. 76 The visitor is not likely to see..the marsupial mole, except in a zoo or museum. 1955 C. Barrett Austral. Animal Bk. vi. 31 Discovered in 1888, the marsupial mole..caused much argument among zoologists and others about its affinities. 1973 V. Serventy Desert Walkabout 13 We caught a frog and geckoes but our search for the rare marsupial mole was fruitless. 1983 R. Strahan Compl. Bk. Austral. Mammals 87 The resemblance of the Marsupial Mole to the true (placental) moles..is a striking example of convergent evolution. marsupial mouse n. any of numerous shrew-like marsupials of the family Dasyuridae, found in Australia and New Guinea. ΚΠ 1928 Rec. Austral. Mus. 16 281 (title) A new genus, species, and subspecies of marsupial mice (family Dasyuridæ). 1970 W. D. L. Ride Guide Native Mammals Austral. 120 Some species of dunnarts or marsupial mice are fat-tailed in the manner of the Red-eared Antechinus. 1999 Independent 26 Feb. ii. 9/7 A newborn marsupial mouse relies more on its skin than on its lungs to breathe. marsupial rat n. (a) an opossum of the South American genus Monodelphis (family Didelphidae), having a short tail and an undeveloped marsupial pouch; (b) a marsupial mouse; spec. Dasyuroides byrnei, which has a bushy tail and is found in Australian deserts and grassland. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [noun] > family Didelphidae (opossum) ape-fox1594 fox-ape1594 opossum1610 possum1613 cerigo1708 pedimane1835 marsupial rat1863 1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons II. ii. 110 A beautiful opossum:..this made the third species of marsupial rat I had so far obtained. 1906 J. W. Gregory Dead Heart Austral. 150 On its shores lived..wallabies, bandicoots, and marsupial rats. 1965 E. Troughton Furred Animals Austral. (ed. 8) 34 Crest-tailed Marsupial-Rat, Genus Dasyuroides... This genus was created for the reception of the single species so far known. It was one of the most interesting animals discovered by the Horn Expedition to Central Australia. 1973 V. Serventy Desert Walkabout 36 Ken had to make do with tinned food, three marsupial rats, two crested pigeons and damper. 1990 tr. B. Grzimek Encycl. Mammals I. 242/2 All species [of Monodelphis] belong to the ‘opossums (or marsupial rats) without marsupium’. marsupial wolf n. the thylacine, Thylacinus cynocephalus. ΚΠ 1885 Illustr. Austral. News (Melbourne) 19 Dec. 218/3 The group of marsupial wolf..represents the largest, most formidable and, in many respects, the most remarkable of the carnivorous marsupial animals. 1955 C. Barrett Austral. Animal Bk. v. 26 Though thinner in the body, the marsupial wolf somewhat resembles a true wolf in appearance, with its long and slender muzzle, ears of medium size, and long tail. 1995 Mojo Feb. 21/1 A thylacine is an allegedly extinct marsupial wolf from Tasmania. The last one was killed in 1932. (b) marsupial frog n. any of several tree frogs, esp. of the South American genus Gastrotheca (family Hylidae), the females of which have a pouch in the skin of the back in which the fertilized eggs develop and hatch (cf. pouch-toad n. at pouch n. Compounds 2). ΚΠ 1889 Cent. Dict. at Frog Marsupial frog, a batrachian which possesses a brood-pouch, as of the genera Rhinoderma, Nototrema, and Amphignathodon. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xviii. 475 In the ‘marsupial frogs’ (Nototrema) of South American forests, the female has a dorsal skin-pouch, usually opening backwards near the cloaca. Into this pocket the eggs are somehow passed, perhaps with the male's assistance. 1992 Sci. Amer. July 63/1 Because the frogs brood their eggs in a manner analogous to that of mammals, they are often referred to as the marsupial frogs. C2. General use of the noun as a modifier. ΚΠ 1881 Act (Queensland) 45 Vict. c. 4 §2 The Marsupial Board to be elected or appointed for any district hereinafter defined. 1885 H. Finch-Hatton Advance Australia! 106 An Act known as the Marsupial Act was accordingly passed to encourage their destruction... Some of the squatters have gone to a vast expense in fencing in their runs with marsupial fencing. 1930 F. Hives & G. Lumley Jrnl. of Jackaroo 52 The Government..declared kangaroos..to be pests. What were known as Marsupial Boards were formed. 1955 Evolution 9 91/2 Possums have persisted right through marsupial history. 1991 New Scientist (BNC) 16 Feb. If the following books in the series are as good they will serve well the cause of marsupial biology. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1696
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