métathériens

Definitions of métathériens
  1. noun
    primitive pouched mammals found mainly in Australia and the Americas
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    marsupial
    mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried
    opossum
    nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America
    kangourou
    any of several herbivorous leaping marsupials of Australia and New Guinea having large powerful hind legs and a long thick tail
    sarigue
    small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails
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    mammifère
    any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk
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