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Eutherian
adj, noun
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Belonging or pertaining to the group Eutheria, comprising the mammals more closely related to animals like humans and rodents than to marsupials. not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 of or relating to or belonging to the subclass Eutheria wordnet
Noun
- 1 An animal of the group Eutheria.
- 2 mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials wordnet
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Eutheria, from Ancient Greek εὖ (eû, “good, true”) + θηρίον (thēríon, “beast”).
Etymology 2
From Eutheria, from Ancient Greek εὖ (eû, “good, true”) + θηρίον (thēríon, “beast”).
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