† marsupialoidn.adj.
Zoology. Obsolete.
A. n.
An animal resembling a marsupial (in quots., as identified from fossil tracks).
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1858 E. Hitchcock Ichnol. New England 54 I make three divisions..Cunoid Marsupialoids..Ornithoid Marsupialoids..Loricoid Marsupialoids.
1858 E. Hitchcock Ichnol. New England 177 I have referred them to Marsupialoids, because they have unequal feet.
1895 Pop. Sci. Monthly Sept. 693 A few marsupialoids.
B. adj.
Resembling a marsupial.
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1858 E. Hitchcock Ichnol. New England 54 Group I.—Marsupialoid animals.
1891 Amer. Naturalist 25 726 The marsupialoid forms are of great interest.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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