MARSUPIAL

I. adjective Date: 1819 of, relating to, or being a ~, of, relating to, or forming a marsupium, II. noun Etymology: New Latin Marsupialia, from marsupium Date: circa 1835 any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young