placental
(adjective) pertaining to or having or occurring by means of a placenta; “all mammals except monotremes and marsupials are placental mammals”
placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
(noun) mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
Source: WordNet® 3.1
placental (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to the placenta, or to the Placentalia
Having a placenta.
placental (plural placentals)
Any animal that is a member of the Placentalia
Source: Wiktionary
Pla*cen"tal, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the placenta; having, or characterized by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the Placentalia.
Pla*cen"tal, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the Placentalia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 November 2024
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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.
