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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PLACENTAL

a.Pertaining to the placenta.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PLACENTAL

PLACENTAL Pla *cen "tal, a.

1. Of or pertaining to the placenta; having, or characterized by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Placentalia.

PLACENTAL

PLACENTAL Pla *cen "tal, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the Placentalia.

PLACENTALIA

Plac `en *ta "li *a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. ] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A division of Mammalia including those that have a placenta, or all the orders above the marsupials.

New American Oxford Dictionary

placental

pla cen tal |pləˈsentl pləˈsɛn (t )l | ▶adjective of or relating to a placenta. • Zoology relating to or denoting mammals that possess a placenta; eutherian. ▶noun Zoology a placental mammal. See Eutheria.

Oxford Dictionary

placental

pla |cen ¦tal |pləˈsent (ə )l | ▶adjective relating to a placenta. • Zoology relating to or denoting mammals that possess a placenta; eutherian. ▶noun Zoology a placental mammal. See Eutheria.

placental abruption

pla |cen ¦tal abrup ¦tion ▶noun see abruption.