Metatherian

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to the Metatheria, or having their characters: as, a metatherian mammal; the metatherian type.
  • noun. A member of the Metatheria.
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  • noun. Any of a group of primitive pouched mammals found mainly in Australia and the Americas.
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  • adjective. Belonging or pertaining to the infraclass Metatheria of marsupials.
  • noun. A member of the infraclass Metatheria.
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  • noun. primitive pouched mammals found mainly in Australia and the Americas
    • Word Usage
    "By integrating phylogenetics of novel vtg transcripts from old and modern teleosts with syntenic analyses of all available genomic variants of non-metatherian vertebrates we identify the gene orthologies between the Sarcopterygii (tetrapod branch) and Actinopterygii (fish branch)."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    mammal  mammalian  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    marsupial  pouched mammal  
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