placental
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Noun (1)
- mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupialsSynonyms: placental mammaleutherianeutherian mammalType of mammal, mammalianKinds livestock, bat, pangolin, cow, rodent, aquatic mammal, ungulate, buck, Unguiculata, aardvark +18 moreMember of Eutheria, subclass Eutheria
Adjective (1)
- pertaining to or having or occurring by means of a placenta“all mammals except monotremes and marsupials are placental mammals”Opposite aplacentalSimilar transplacental
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Pla·cen′tal adjective
1. Of or pertaining to the placenta; having, or characterized by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal.
2. Zoology Of or pertaining to the Placentalia.
Pla·cen′tal noun
Zoology One of the Placentalia.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54