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- noun Plural form of
marsupial .
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Examples
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Xeni dons a tutu made of baby heads on today's Boing Boing tv: we visit the workshop of Your Psycho Girlfriend, creators of demented couture and cyborg marsupials from the future.
Boing Boing 2008
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The magnificence of the marsupials is likewise omitted.
Political Animals 2002
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The magnificence of the marsupials is likewise omitted.
Political Animals 2002
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The kangaroo, now the national symbol of Australia, belongs to the group of mammals called marsupials, meaning "pouched."
unknown title 2009
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Marsu sort of stands for marsupials, which is the family that kangaroos belong to.
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They are, as you are doubtless aware, marsupials, that is, they carry their young in a pouch until they are able to run about by themselves.
The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent Thomas Wallace Knox 1865
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Giant creatures such as marsupials and flightless birds that once roamed Australia became extinct about 40 000 years ago, some 5 000 years after humans arrived, a new study shows.
News24 Top Stories 2010
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JonG: Only mammals with pouches can be considered "marsupials".
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"Our results confirm for the first time that several groups of mammals, including groups such as marsupials that never colonized
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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You're right, bigjake, definitely marsupials and frequently considered vermin.
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