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Placental

see synonyms of placental

Noun

1. eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal

mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

Adjective

2. placental

pertaining to or having or occurring by means of a placenta

Example Sentences:
'all mammals except monotremes and marsupials are placental mammals'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Placental

see synonyms of placental
adjective
(esp of animals) having a placenta
placental mammals
See also eutherian

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Placental

see synonyms of placental
n. pl. pla·cen·tas or pla·cen·tae (-tē)
1.
a. A membranous vascular organ that develops in female eutherian mammals during pregnancy, lining the uterine wall and partially enveloping the fetus, to which it is attached by the umbilical cord. Following birth, the placenta is expelled.
b. A similar organ in marsupial mammals, consisting of a yolk sac attached to the uterine wall.
c. An organ with similar functions in some nonmammalian animals, such as certain sharks and reptiles.
2. Botany The part within the ovary of a flowering plant to which the ovules are attached.

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