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metatherians

metatherians is the plural of metatherian.

Meaning of metatherian

Noun

metatherian (plural metatherians)

  1. A member of the infraclass Metatheria.
    • The pouched metatherians, the progenitors of marsupials, used to be common all over North America.2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherlands, Penguin, published 2023, page 102

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Questions about metatherians

What is metatherians the plural of?
Metatherians is the plural of metatherian.

Words near metatherians in the dictionary

  1. metatheorizes
  2. metatheorizing
  3. metatheory
  4. metatherial
  5. metatherian
  6. metatherians
  7. metathesauri
  8. metathesaurus
  9. metathesauruses
  10. metatheses
  11. metathesiophobia

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