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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.

  1. Of or pertaining to the placenta.
  2. 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.

  1. A mammal of the infraclass Placentalia.