placental
adjective
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L253456 on Wikidata ↗noun
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L325538 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
adj
Etymology: From post-classical Latin placentalis, corresponding to placenta + -al.
- Of or pertaining to the placenta.
- Pertaining to the Placentalia, comprising of mammals that are not marsupials or monotremes.
“We do not know exactly how many placental lineages survived to leave descendants; most estimates are around ten.”
noun
Etymology: From post-classical Latin placentalis, corresponding to placenta + -al.
- A mammal of the infraclass Placentalia.