metatherian

English Thesaurus

1. primitive pouched mammals found mainly in Australia and the Americas (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mammal, mammalian,
definition	:	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 (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	marsupial, pouched mammal,
definition	:	mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried (noun.animal)