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Meaning of PLACENTAL

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
  2. [adj]  of or having or occurring by means of a placenta; "all mammals except monotremes and marsupials are placental mammals"
 

PLACENTAL is a 9 letter word that starts with P.

 

 Synonyms: eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental mammal, transplacental
 
 Antonyms: aplacental
 
 See Also: aardvark, ant bear, anteater, aquatic mammal, bat, buck, bull, carnivore, chiropteran, colugo, coney, cony, cow, das, dassie, digitigrade mammal, doe, edentate, Eutheria, farm animal, Fissipedia, flying cat, flying lemur, gnawer, gnawing animal, gnawing mammal, hoofed mammal, hyrax, insectivore, lagomorph, livestock, mammal, Orycteropus afer, pachyderm, pangolin, plantigrade mammal, primate, proboscidean, proboscidian, rodent, scaly anteater, stock, subclass Eutheria, tree shrew, Unguiculata, unguiculate, unguiculate mammal, Ungulata, ungulate, yearling

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Pla*cen"tal\, a.
    1. Of or pertaining to the placenta; having, or characterized
       by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal.
    
    2. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Placentalia.
    
    
  2. \Pla*cen"tal\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
    One of the Placentalia.
    
    
    
    
 

 

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