EUTHERIAN

eutherian

(adjective) of or relating to or belonging to the subclass Eutheria; “eutherian mammals”

placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal

(noun) mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

eutherian (not comparable)

Belonging or pertaining to the group Eutheria, comprising the mammals more closely related to animals like humans and rodents than to marsupials.

Noun

eutherian (plural eutherians)

An animal of the group Eutheria.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

2 April 2025

COVERT

(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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