有袋目

yǒudàimù
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Marsupialia (the order of pouched mammals, in older taxonomy)

Examples

HSK 4
Yǒudàimù dòngwù zhǔyào fēnbù zài Àodàlìyà hé Měizhōu.
Marsupials are mainly distributed in Australia and the Americas.
HSK 5
袋鼠考拉袋熊属于有袋目
Dàishǔ, kǎolā hé dàixióng dōu shǔyú yǒudàimù.
Kangaroos, koalas and wombats all belong to the Marsupialia.

Tips

usage
Older Chinese textbooks treat marsupials as a single (order), but modern taxonomy divides them into seven orders grouped in the infraclass 后兽下纲 / Marsupialia. 有袋目 is still common in popular science and secondary-school biology.

Stroke Order

yǒu
dài