placental

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placental

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From post-classical Latin placentalis, corresponding to placenta + -al.

adjective

  1. not comparable Of or pertaining to the placenta.
  2. not comparable 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 placentals

  1. A mammal of the infraclass Placentalia.

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adj pertaining to placenta

Españolplacentario
Portuguêsplacentário
Françaisplacentaire
Italianoplacentare, placentario
Românăplacentar

noun member of Placentalia

日本語有胎盤類 yūtaibanrui
Françaisplacentaire
Românăplacentar

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@misc{placental_2026,
  title = {placental},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/placental},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}