monodelphia

Monodelphia

Mon`o*del"phi*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? single + ? the womb.] (Zo["o]l.) The group that includes all ordinary or placental mammals; the Placentalia. See Mammalia.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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