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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
marsupial
▪ I. mar·su·pial [marsupial marsupials] BrE [mɑːˈsuːpiəl] NAmE [mɑːrˈsuːpiəl] noun any animal that carries its young in a pocket of skin (called a ↑pouch) on the mother's stomach. Kangaroos and ↑koalas are marsupials. Word Origin: late 17th cent. (in the sense ‘resembling a pouch’): from modern Latin marsupialis, via Latin from Greek marsupion ‘pouch’, diminutive of marsipos ‘purse’. ▪ II. mar·su·pial adjective Main entry: ↑marsupialderived
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