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Placental

Placental Meaning & Definition
Placental Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Placental?

[n] mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
[adj] of or having or occurring by means of a placenta; "all mammals except monotremes and marsupials are placental mammals"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Placental: eutherian | eutherian mammal | placental mammal | transplacental

Related Terms | Find terms related to Placental:

See Also | aardvark | ant bear | anteater | aquatic mammal | bat | buck | bull | carnivore | chiropteran | colugo | coney | cony | cow | das | dassie | digitigrade mammal | doe | edentate | Eutheria | farm animal | Fissipedia | flying cat | flying lemur | gnawer | gnawing animal | gnawing mammal | hoofed mammal | hyrax | insectivore | lagomorph | livestock | mammal | Orycteropus afer | pachyderm | pangolin | plantigrade mammal | primate | proboscidean | proboscidian | rodent | scaly anteater | stock | subclass Eutheria | tree shrew | Unguiculata | unguiculate | unguiculate mammal | Ungulata | ungulate | yearling

Placental In Webster's Dictionary

\Pla*cen"tal\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the placenta; having, or characterized by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal. 2. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Placentalia.
\Pla*cen"tal\, n. (Zo["o]l.) One of the Placentalia.

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