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Noun: placental mammal
  1. Mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
    "Humans are placental mammals, unlike kangaroos which are marsupials";
    - placental, eutherian, eutherian mammal

Derived forms: placental mammals

Type of: mammal, mammalian

Part of: Eutheria, subclass Eutheria

Encyclopedia: Placental mammal