ORDER MARSUPIALIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Marsupialia mean? 

• ORDER MARSUPIALIA (noun)
  The noun ORDER MARSUPIALIA has 1 sense:

1. coextensive with the subclass Metatheria

  Familiarity information: ORDER MARSUPIALIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORDER MARSUPIALIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coextensive with the subclass Metatheria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Marsupialia; order Marsupialia

Hypernyms ("order Marsupialia" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Marsupialia"):

marsupial; pouched mammal (mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried)

Didelphidae; family Didelphidae (opossums)

Caenolestidae; family Caenolestidae (small marsupials of southern South America)

family Peramelidae; Peramelidae (bandicoots)

family Macropodidae; Macropodidae (kangaroos; wallabies)

family Phalangeridae; Phalangeridae (phalangers; koalas)

family Vombatidae; Vombatidae (wombats)

Dasyuridae; family Dasyuridae; family Dasyurinae (dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils)

family Notoryctidae; Notoryctidae (pouched moles)

Holonyms ("order Marsupialia" is a member of...):

Metatheria; subclass Metatheria (pouched animals)