pouched mammal

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

pouched mammal - mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carriedmarsupialmetatherian - primitive pouched mammals found mainly in Australia and the AmericasMarsupialia, order Marsupialia - coextensive with the subclass Metatheriapossum, opossum - nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South Americaopossum rat - terrestrial marsupials of southern South America that resemble shrewsbandicoot - any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorouskangaroo - any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tailopossum, phalanger, possum - small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tailswombat - burrowing herbivorous Australian marsupials about the size of a badgerdasyurid, dasyurid marsupial - small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmaniamarsupial mole, Notoryctus typhlops, pouched mole - small burrowing Australian marsupial that resembles a mole