Placental Common

Origin: Latin suffix -al

Placental has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Definitions

Noun

mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

placental placental mammal eutherian eutherian mammal

Any animal that is a member of the Placentalia

Adjective

pertaining to or having or occurring by means of a placenta

"all mammals except monotremes and marsupials are placental mammals"

placental

Of or pertaining to the placenta, or to the Placentalia

See Also

amniotic fluid choriomammotropin placenta cerebroplacental mirror syndrome placentalia condylarth therian

Related Terms

Antonyms

aplacental

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

mammal

Narrower Terms (hyponyms)

livestock bull cow yearling buck doe insectivore aquatic mammal carnivore Fissipedia aardvark bat lagomorph rodent Ungulata ungulate Unguiculata unguiculate hyrax pachyderm edentate pangolin primate tree shrew flying lemur proboscidean plantigrade mammal digitigrade mammal

Rhyming Words

tal ital ctal total ectal octal petal dital rotal metal katal ketal fetal cital ental setal attal ictal natal notal

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