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METATHERIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pouched animals

Synonyms:

Metatheria; subclass Metatheria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Metatheria" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Metatheria"):

Marsupialia; order Marsupialia (coextensive with the subclass Metatheria)

Holonyms ("Metatheria" is a member of...):

class Mammalia; Mammalia (warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female)

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