metatherian

Noun
  1. Primitive pouched mammals found mainly in Australia and the Americas (synset 101876623)
    is a type of: mammal, mammalian - any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk
    subtypes: marsupial, pouched mammal - mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried

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