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Definition of Placentals
1. placental [n] - See also: placental
Lexicographical Neighbors of Placentals
Literary usage of Placentals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin and Evolution of the Human Dentition by William King Gregory (1922)
"As they are already typical placentals and sharply differentiated from the Upper
Cretaceous marsupials, they must have been evolving in some ..."
2. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"All hypotheses that postulate an origin in Eurasia or North America are somewhat,
though not absolutely, dependent on the hypothesis that the placentals ..."
3. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"All hypotheses that postulate an origin in Eurasia or North America are somewhat,
though not absolutely, dependent on the hypothesis that the placentals ..."
4. Habit and Intelligence: A Series of Essays on the Laws of Life and Mind by Joseph John Murphy (1879)
"Marsupials and placentals.—The distinction between the Marsupials, of which the
Kangaroo is the best known specie?, and the ordinary or placental mammals, ..."
5. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"All hypotheses that postulate an origin in Eurasia or North America are somewhat,
though not absolutely, dependent on the hypothesis that the placentals ..."
6. The Evolution of Man: A Popular Scientific Study by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1910)
"It is true that the lowest placentals are not far removed from the ... The mammary
glands of the placentals are provided with teats like those of the ..."
7. The Origin and Evolution of the Human Dentition by William King Gregory (1922)
"As they are already typical placentals and sharply differentiated from the Upper
Cretaceous marsupials, they must have been evolving in some ..."
8. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"All hypotheses that postulate an origin in Eurasia or North America are somewhat,
though not absolutely, dependent on the hypothesis that the placentals ..."
9. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"All hypotheses that postulate an origin in Eurasia or North America are somewhat,
though not absolutely, dependent on the hypothesis that the placentals ..."
10. Habit and Intelligence: A Series of Essays on the Laws of Life and Mind by Joseph John Murphy (1879)
"Marsupials and placentals.—The distinction between the Marsupials, of which the
Kangaroo is the best known specie?, and the ordinary or placental mammals, ..."
11. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1906)
"All hypotheses that postulate an origin in Eurasia or North America are somewhat,
though not absolutely, dependent on the hypothesis that the placentals ..."
12. The Evolution of Man: A Popular Scientific Study by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1910)
"It is true that the lowest placentals are not far removed from the ... The mammary
glands of the placentals are provided with teats like those of the ..."
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