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What is the noun for marsupials?

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marsupium
  1. The external pouch in which female marsupials rear and feed the young
  2. A brood pouch in some fishes, crustaceans and insects in the family Monophlebidae
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Their marsupium is well developed, opens to the rear, and contains only 2 teats.”
      “Members of this family have a well developed marsupium that opens anteriorly.”
      “In some species of marsupials, females develop a pouch or marsupium in which the young are nursed.”
marsupial
  1. A mammal of which the female has a pouch in which it rears its young, which are born immature, through early infancy, such as the kangaroo or koala, or else pouchless members of the Marsupialia like the shrew opposum.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The kangaroo is a well-known marsupial found in Australia, with a pouch where it carries and nurtures its joeys.”
marsupialian
  1. (archaic, zoology) Any of the Marsupialia; a marsupial.
marsupion
  1. Alternative form of marsupium
marsupian
  1. (obsolete) marsupial
marsupiate
  1. (obsolete) marsupial
marsupialians
  1. plural of marsupialian
marsupiates
  1. plural of marsupiate
marsupia
marsupials
  1. plural of marsupial
  2. Examples:
    1. “To distinguish them from the marsupials and the placental mammals the monotremes are placed in their own class, the prototheria.”
      “This laconic roller of his own cigarettes was an authority on Australian marsupials, especially the kangaroos.”
      “Dr Evans this week issued guidelines to locals living in the bush capital on how to steer clear of an attack by the cuddly looking marsupials.”
marsupians
  1. plural of marsupian
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