marsupial
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
marsupial /mɑːˈsuːpɪəl/
▶noun a mammal of an order (Marsupialia) whose young are born incompletely developed and are carried and suckled in a pouch on the mother's belly.
– origin C17 (in the sense ‘resembling a pouch’): from mod. L. marsupialis, via L. from Gk marsupion (see marsupium).
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