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Definition of Marsupials
1. marsupial [n] - See also: marsupial
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marsupials
Literary usage of Marsupials
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Australasia by Henry Rees (1907)
"marsupials The marsupials are the characteristic mammals of Australia. Until recently
this order was regarded as confined to Australia, with the exception ..."
2. The Geography of Mammals by William Lutley Sclater, Philip Lutley Sclater (1899)
"... marsupials now known embrace three Australian and one American family, which
are all, as already remarked, generally carnivorous and insectivorous and ..."
3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"II-, edentates and marsupials, with families: -- -. ... 5, snail-like r'i-:vorous
marsupials); and fi, kraken (car- . .'•..a-, marsupials). ..."
4. A Text-book of Zoogeography by Frank Evers Beddard (1895)
"The place of origin of the marsupials. The Australian region offers difficulties
which have perhaps been passed over too lightly. ..."
5. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"With the exception of one family found in America, the marsupials are all confined
... This Family comprises all the marsupials of North and South America, ..."
6. The History of Creation: Or, The Development of the Earth and Its by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1883)
"It is possible that these latter are really next akin to the marsupials with hands,
... It is very difficult to discover the genealogy of marsupials, ..."
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