marsupial
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The herbivorous marsupial can also reabsorb water from the colon and produce more concentrated urine to preserve hydration, or allow its body temperature to fluctuate with the environment in a process known as heterothermy.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
In recent years, scientists have aimed to clone the Tasmanian tiger or thylacine, an extinct marsupial.
From Salon • Jun. 19, 2024
The reverse trek was made by four different kinds of ground sloths, oversized armadillos, terror birds, capybaras and even a marsupial.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2024
"It may have been at least as diverse as the later Australian marsupial fauna... but I would need more evidence," Flinders University palaeontologist Rod Wells told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
From BBC • May 27, 2024
His rosy face just now untucked itself, the whole moment marsupial, strangely wondrous that way, and I thought if I had tasted a family hunger all my life that this should be my daily bread.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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