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mar·su·pi·al

marsupial

 
pronunciation:
mar su pi l
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part of speech: noun
definition: Marsupials are a certain kind of animal. Marsupials are mammals, and kangaroos are the most well-known types of them. Female marsupials have a pouch outside their belly where the mother carries her babies after they are born. Most marsupials live in Australia.
One kind of marsupial that lives in America is the opossum.
 
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