metatherian

metatherian

(ˌmɛtəˈθɪərɪən) adj (Animals) of, relating to, or belonging to the Metatheria, a subclass of mammals comprising the marsupialsn (Animals) any metatherian mammal; marsupial[C19: from New Latin, from meta- + Greek thērion animal]

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Noun

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metatherian - primitive pouched mammals found mainly in Australia and the Americasmammal, mammalian - any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milkmarsupial, pouched mammal - mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried