有袋目

yǒudàimù
noun

Meanings

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

Examples

Dàishǔ, kǎo lā hé dài xióng dōu shǔyú yǒudàimù.
Kangaroos, koalas and wombats all belong to the Marsupialia.
Yǒudàimù dòngwù zhǔyào fēnbù zài Àodàlìyà héměi zhōu.
Marsupials are mainly distributed in Australia and the Americas.

Tips

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

Stroke Order

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