placental
placentate
/ (pləˈsɛntəl) /
(esp of animals) having a placenta: placental mammals See also eutherian
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But increase in size and activity, and the expense of producing each new individual, led to the adoption of placental development.
The Whence and the Whither of Man | John Mason TylerThe types of dentition characteristic of the different groups of placental mammals may mostly be paralleled among the Marsupials.
The Vertebrate Skeleton | Sidney H. ReynoldsThe Marsupials stand in many important characters below the placental mammals.
This pouch is supported by two characteristic marsupial bones, also existing in Cloacal animals, but not in placental animals.
The History of Creation, Vol. II (of 2) | Ernst Haeckelplacental animals also do not possess the peculiar hooked process of the lower jaw which characterizes Marsupials.
The History of Creation, Vol. II (of 2) | Ernst Haeckel
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