Placental

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to the placenta.
  • Forming or constituted by a placenta: as, placental gestation; a placental part of the chorion.
  • Provided with a placenta; placentate or placentary: as, a placental mammal.
  • noun. A placental mammal; any member of the Placentalia.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One of the Placentalia.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the placenta; having, or characterized by having, a placenta.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the Placentalia.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the placenta, or to the Placentalia
  • adjective. Having a placenta
  • noun. Any animal that is a member of the Placentalia
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  • noun. mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
  • adjective. pertaining to or having or occurring by means of a placenta
    • Word Usage
    "We should also remember that the saber-toothed cat phenotype independently appeared in placental and marsupial ancestors, lineages that were long separated not only genetically, but temporally and spatially as well."
    cross-reference
    placental dystocia  placental murmur  
    Equivalent
    transplacental  
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