pouched mammal

Questions about pouched mammal

What does pouched mammal mean?

pouched mammal means "mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried".

What is another word for pouched mammal?

Close synonyms include marsupial. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pouched mammal a common word?

pouched mammal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.