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- English Word Marsupial Definition Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia.
- English Word Marsupial Definition Of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the marsupial bones.
- English Word Marsupial Definition One of the Marsupialia.
- English Word Marsupialia Definition A subclass of Mammalia, including nearly all the mammals of Australia and the adjacent islands, together with the opossums of America. They differ from ordinary mammals in having the corpus callosum very small, in being implacental, and in having their young born while very immature. The female generally carries the young for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Called also Marsupiata.
- English Word Marsupialian Definition Alt. of Marsupian
- English Word Marsupian Definition One of the Marsupialia.
- English Word Marsupiate Definition Related to or resembling the marsupials; furnished with a pouch for the young, as the marsupials, and also some fishes and Crustacea.
- English Word Marsupion Definition Same as Marsupium.
- English Word Marsupite Definition A fossil crinoid of the genus Marsupites, resembling a purse in form.
- English Word Marsupium Definition The pouch, formed by a fold of the skin of the abdomen, in which marsupials carry their young; also, a pouch for similar use in other animals, as certain Crustacea.
- English Word Marsupium Definition The pecten in the eye of birds and reptiles. See Pecten.
- English Word Mart Definition A market.
- English Word Mart Definition A bargain.
- English Word Mart Definition To buy or sell in, or as in, a mart.
- English Word Mart Definition To traffic.
- English Word Mart Definition The god Mars.
- English Word Mart Definition Battle; contest.
- English Word Martagon Definition A lily (Lilium Martagon) with purplish red flowers, found in Europe and Asia.
- English Word Martel Definition To make a blow with, or as with, a hammer.
- English Word Martel de fer Definition A weapon resembling a hammer, often having one side of the head pointed; -- used by horsemen in the Middle Ages to break armor.
- English Word Marteline Definition A small hammer used by marble workers and sculptors.
- English Word Martello tower Definition A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the summit mounted on a traversing platform, so as to be fired in any direction.
- English Word Marten Definition A bird. See Martin.
- English Word Marten Definition Any one of several fur-bearing carnivores of the genus Mustela, closely allied to the sable. Among the more important species are the European beech, or stone, marten (Mustela foina); the pine marten (M. martes); and the American marten, or sable (M. Americana), which some zoologists consider only a variety of the Russian sable.
- English Word Marten Definition The fur of the marten, used for hats, muffs, etc.
- English Word Martern Definition Same as Marten.
- English Word Martial Definition Of, pertaining to, or suited for, war; military; as, martial music; a martial appearance.
- English Word Martial Definition Practiced in, or inclined to, war; warlike; brave.
- English Word Martial Definition Belonging to war, or to an army and navy; -- opposed to civil; as, martial law; a court-martial.
- English Word Martial Definition Pertaining to, or resembling, the god, or the planet, Mars.