Placental

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Placental \Pla*cen"tal\, n. (Zool.)
     One of the Placentalia.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  placental
       adj : of or having or occurring by means of a placenta; "all
             mammals except monotremes and marsupials are placental
             mammals" [ant: {aplacental}]
       n : mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and
           marsupials [syn: {placental mammal}, {eutherian}, {eutherian
           mammal}]