didelphianadj.
/dʌɪˈdɛlfɪən/ Zoology.
Belonging to the subclass Didelphia of the class Mammalia, characterized by a double uterus and vagina, and comprising the single order of Marsupials.
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1851 T. Wright & G. F. Richardson Introd. Geol. (new ed.) viii. 314 The didelphia have special bones, called Marsupial, for supporting the pouch.]
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didelph n.
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diˈdelphic adj.
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diˈdelphid n. an animal of the subclass Didelphia, or of the family Didelphidæ (opossums).
diˈdelphine adj.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [adjective]
marsupial1807
pouched1810
marsupiate1834
marsupian1835
didelphine1847
marsupialian1848
purse-bearing1859
didelphous1873
metatherian1880
1847 D. T. Ansted Anc. World ix. 197 Insectivorous didelphine animals like the opossum.
diˈdelphoid adj. double, as the uterus in the Didelphia.
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1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Didelphoid.
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diˈdelphous adj. in same sense.
diˈdelphous adj. in same sense.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Implacenta > subclass Marsupialia (marsupials) > [adjective]
marsupial1807
pouched1810
marsupiate1834
marsupian1835
didelphine1847
marsupialian1848
purse-bearing1859
didelphous1873
metatherian1880
1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. i. 17 Didelphous mammals.
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