polyprotodont

English

Noun

polyprotodont (plural polyprotodonts)

1. Any marsupial of the order †Polyprotodontia.

Adjective

polyprotodont (not comparable)

1. Belonging to the Polyprotodontia order.
   • 2015 December 15, “Immunological Insights into the Life and Times of the Extinct Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacinus cynocephalus)”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The lack of a second cervical thymus in the pouch young thylacine is similar to the findings in all other polyprotodont marsupials studied to date [21 ] and further supports the findings of Johnstone [20 ].