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<hw>Mar"si*po*branch`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Marsipobranchia.</def>

<h1>Marsipobranchia</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar"si*po*bran"chi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ a pouch + <?/ a gill.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A class of Vertebrata, lower than fishes, characterized by their purselike gill cavities, cartilaginous skeletons, absence of limbs, and a suckerlike mouth destitute of jaws. It includes the lampreys and hagfishes. See <er>Cyclostoma</er>, and <er>Lamprey</er>. Called also <altname>Marsipobranchiata</altname>, and <altname>Marsipobranchii</altname>.</def>

<h1>Marsupial</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar*su"pi*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>marsupial</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat. & Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to a marsupium; <as>as, the <ex>marsupial</ex> bones</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Marsupial frog</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Nototrema</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Marsupial</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar*su"pi*al</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Marsupialia.</def>

<h1>Marsupialia</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar*su`pi*a"li*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>marsupium</ets> a pouch, bag, purse, Gr. <?/, dim. of <?/, <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A subclass of Mammalia, including nearly all the mammals of Australia and the adjacent islands, together with the opossums of America. They differ from ordinary mammals in having the corpus callosum very small, in being implacental, and in having their young born while very immature. The female generally carries the young for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Called also <altname>Marsupiata</altname>.</def>

<h1>Marsupialian, Marsupian</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw><hw>Mar*su`pi*a"li*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Mar*su"pi*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the Marsupialia.</def>

<h1>Marsupiate</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar*su"pi*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Related to or resembling the marsupials; furnished with a pouch for the young, as the marsupials, and also some fishes and Crustacea.</def>

<h1>Marsupion</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar*su"pi*on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Marsupium</er>.</def>

<h1>Marsupite</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar"su*pite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Marsupial</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A fossil crinoid of the genus <spn>Marsupites</spn>, resembling a purse in form.</def>

<h1>Marsupium</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mar*su"pi*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Marsupia</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L., a pouch]</ety>, <fld>(Anat. & Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The pouch, formed by a fold of the skin of the abdomen, in which marsupials carry their young; also, a pouch for similar use in other animals, as certain Crustacea.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The pecten in the eye of birds and reptiles. See <er>Pecten</er>.</def>

<h1>Mart</h1> <Xpage=898>

<hw>Mart</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Contr. fr. <ets>market</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A market.</def>

<blockquote>Where has commerce such a <b>mart</b> . . . as London ? <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A bargain.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>