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Eutherian

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Noun

1. eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal

mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

Adjective

2. eutherian

of or relating to or belonging to the subclass Eutheria

Example Sentences:
'eutherian mammals'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Eutherian

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adjective
1. 
of, relating to, or belonging to the Eutheria, a subclass of mammals all of which have a placenta and reach an advanced state of development before birth. The group includes all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
noun
2. 
any eutherian mammal

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Eutherian

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n.
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. Also called placental mammal.

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