Eutherian

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  • noun. Any of various mammals of the infraclass Eutheria, including all of the species, such as primates, carnivores, whales, ruminants, bats, and rodents, in which the female bears live young that are nourished before birth by means of a complex placenta.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to or having characters found in the Eutheria, or placental mammals.
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  • adjective. belonging or pertaining to the group Eutheria, comprising the mammals more closely related to animals like humans and rodents than to marsupials.
  • noun. a eutherian animal.
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  • adjective. of or relating to or belonging to the subclass Eutheria
  • noun. mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
    • Word Usage
    "Molecular and morphological supertrees for eutherian (placental) mammals."
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    mammal  mammalian  
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    aardvark  ant-bear  ant-eater  aquatic mammal  bat  
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