1.
[syn: placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. pertaining to or having or occurring by means of a placenta;
- Example: "all mammals except monotremes and marsupials are placental mammals"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Placental \Pla*cen"tal\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the placenta; having, or characterized
by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal.
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2. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Placentalia.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Placental \Pla*cen"tal\, n. (Zool.)
One of the Placentalia.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
placental
adj 1: pertaining to or having or occurring by means of a
placenta; "all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
are placental mammals" [ant: aplacental]
n 1: mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes
and marsupials [syn: placental, placental mammal,
eutherian, eutherian mammal]