a. Saddle-shaped; occupying an ephippium. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. & Norm. F. espiaille. See Espy. ] 1. The act of espying; notice; discovery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Screened from espial by the jutting cape. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who espies; a spy; a scout. [ Obs. ] “Their espials . . . brought word.” Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. marsupial. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Zool.) Having a pouch for carrying the immature young; of or pertaining to the Marsupialia. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat. & Zool.) Of or pertaining to a marsupium; as, the marsupial bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

Marsupial frog. (Zool.) See Nototrema. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Marsupialia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. marsupium a pouch, bag, purse, Gr. marsy`pion, dim. of ma`rsypos, ma`rsipos. ] (Zool.) A subclass of Mammalia, including nearly all the mammals of Australia and the adjacent islands, together with the opossums of America. They differ from ordinary mammals in having the corpus callosum very small, in being implacental, and in having their young born while very immature. The female generally carries the young for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Called also Marsupiata. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Zool.) One of the Marsupialia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Microscopic. [ R. ] Berkeley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A participial word. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. participialis: cf. E. participal. See Participle. ] Having, or partaking of, the nature and use of a participle; formed from a participle; as, a participial noun. Lowth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Participialized p. pr. & vb. n. Participializing. ] To form into, or put in the form of, a participle. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the sense or manner of a participle. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a pericarp. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the pia mater. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Elementary. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to rupia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A spy; a scout. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Same as Troupial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. troupiale. ] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of bright-colored American birds belonging to Icterus and allied genera, especially Icterus icterus, a native of the West Indies and South America. Many of the species are called orioles in America. [ Written also troopial. ] [ 1913 Webster ]