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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

有袋动物

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yǒudài dòngwù

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Marsupial/mɑːrˈsuː.pi.əl/
nounadjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14200 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"袋鼠是著名的有袋动物。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Any member of the infraclass Marsupialia, which are characterized by giving birth to relatively undeveloped young that typically continue to develop in a pouch.

    "Kangaroos and koalas are well-known examples of marsupials."
  2. 2

    A mammal of the order Marsupialia, which includes species such as opossums and wombats.

    "The opossum is the only marsupial found in North America."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the New Latin 'marsupialis', coming from the Late Latin 'marsupium' meaning 'pouch' or 'bag', which stems from the ancient Greek 'marsippion'. The term entered scientific English in the 19th century to classify mammals carrying their immature young in an abdominal pouch.

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