(n.) An extinct Quaternary marsupial from Australia, about as large as the hippopotamus; -- so named because of its two large front teeth. See Illustration in Appendix.
Example Sentences:
Marsupial
Definition:
(a.) Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia.
(a.) Of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the marsupial bones.
(n.) One of the Marsupialia.
Example Sentences:
(1) The thermoregulatory responses of this American marsupial were, in most aspects, similar to those of Australian marsupials.
(2) A marked overlap of input from the two eyes is an unusual feature for a diprotodont marsupial and has previously been seen only in the feathertail glider.
(3) This is believed to be the first reported case of degenerative cardiomyopathy in a captive marsupial in Nigeria.
(4) In contrast to many eutherian (placental) species, this marsupial was found to lack histamine in blood leukocytes and platelets.
(5) When the patient experienced discomfort, an incisional biopsy and marsupialization were performed.
(6) These findings are discussed with respect to similarities and differences between marsupial and eutherian females and between male and female gray opossums in the hormonal control of sexually dimorphic behavior and morphology.
(7) DNA sequences from the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene were obtained from a museum specimen of the presumed extinct thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) and were compared with homologous sequences from 13 representatives of the Australian marsupial family Dasyuridae.
(8) Surgical marsupialization of the lymphocele with drainage into the peritoneal cavity proved to be an effective treatment.
(9) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Locals sell fruit and cuscus, a possum-like marsupial, at the market in Lorengau Not long before the accident, witness said, the driver had been riding around with local women and another taskforce officer, drinking and “not fully clothed”, as Guardian Australia reported on Monday .
(10) Thin blood smears were collected from 126 mammals representing four genera of marsupials and six genera of murid rodents.
(11) The development of righting was studied in the young of Dasyurus hallucatus, a small marsupial from northern Australia.
(12) This report contains the first description of a salivary gland tumour in a dasyurid marsupial; the same animal also had a mammary carcinoma.
(13) 53 cases were all marsupialized into the oral vestibulum.
(14) The effect of destruction of some blastomeres on subsequent cleavage in vitro was investigated in the marsupial Antechinus stuartii.
(15) One had bilateral ureterostomies and the subsequent four had marsupialization of the bladder.
(16) The effects of ambient temperature and of sex on nest-building behavior were studied in a laboratory colony of gray short-tailed opossums, small, Brazilian marsupials.
(17) This paper reviews the recent literature on odontogenic keratocysts and reports our experience with three cases successfully managed in three different ways: marsupialization, decompression followed by enucleation with primary closure and finally by enucleation with packing for secondary intention healing.
(18) Treatment by excision, marsupialization, or injection of absolute alcohol (95% ethanol) is discussed.
(19) We have found evidence in a marsupial mammal for extensive sexual dimorphisms which precede any morphological differentiation of the gonads.
(20) Oxygen carriage and 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG) levels have been measured in the blood of seven species of Australian marsupials ranging in size from 35 to 0.03 kg.