Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
marsupial .
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- noun obsolete
marsupial
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It is borne on the back under the clothes of the mother, which form a pouch, and from which its tiny head is generally visible over one or the other shoulder, but on being observed by strangers it shrinks like a snail or a marsupian into its snug retreat.
The First Landing on Wrangel Island With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants 1871
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