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Marsupia :: Marsupia (pl. ) of Marsupiu.

Marsupial :: Marsupial (a.) Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia.

Marsupial :: Marsupial (a.) Of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the marsupial bones..

Marsupial :: Marsupial (n.) One of the Marsupialia.

Marsupialia :: Marsupialia (n. pl.) 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..

Marsupialian :: Marsupialian (n.) Alt. of Marsupia.

Marsupian :: Marsupian (n.) One of the Marsupialia.

Marsupiate :: Marsupiate (a.) Related to or resembling the marsupials; furnished with a pouch for the young, as the marsupials, and also some fishes and Crustacea..

Marsupion :: Marsupion (n.) Same as Marsupium.

Marsupite :: Marsupite (n.) A fossil crinoid of the genus Marsupites, resembling a purse in form..

Marsupium :: Marsupium (n.) 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..

Marsupium :: Marsupium (n.) The pecten in the eye of birds and reptiles. See Pecten.

Resupinate :: Resupinate (a.) Inverted in position; appearing to be upside down or reversed, as the flowers of the orchis and the leaves of some plants..

Resupinated :: Resupinated (a.) Resupinate.

Resupination :: Resupination (n.) The state of luing on the back; the state of being resupinate, or reversed..

Resupine :: Resupine (a.) Lying on the back; supine; hence, careless..

Supination :: Supervolute (a.) Having a plainted and convolute arrangement in the bud, as in the morning-glory..

Supination :: Supination (n.) The act of turning the hand palm upward; also, position of the hand with the palm upward..

Supinator :: Supination (n.) The act or state of lying with the face upward. Opposed to pronation.

Supine :: Supinator (n.) A muscle which produces the motion of supination.

Supine :: Supine (a.) Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone..

Supine :: Supine (a.) Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined..

Supine :: Supine (a.) Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless.

Supinity :: Supine (n.) A verbal noun; or (according to C.F.Becker), a case of the infinitive mood ending in -um and -u, that in -um being sometimes called the former supine, and that in -u the latter supine..