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Polycotyledonary :: Polycotyledonary (a.) Having the villi of the placenta collected into definite patches, or cotyledons..

Funicle :: Funicle (n.) The little stalk that attaches a seed to the placenta.

Placentiferous :: Placentiferous (a.) Having or producing a placenta.

Afterbirth :: Afterbirth (n.) The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery..

Marsupialia :: Marsupialia (n. pl.) A subclass of Mammalia, including nearly all the mammals of Australia and the adjacent islands, together with the opossums of America. They differ from ordinary mammals in having the corpus callosum very small, in being implacental, and in having their young born while very immature. The female generally carries the young for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Called also Marsupiata..

Aplacentata :: Aplacentata (n. pl.) Mammals which have no placenta.

Placentas :: Placentas (pl. ) of Placent.

Spermaphore :: Spermaphore (n.) That part of the ovary from which the ovules arise; the placenta.

Trophosperm :: Trophosperm (n.) The placenta.

Placenta :: Placenta (n.) The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth..

Decidua :: Decidua (n.) The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it..

Placental :: Placental (n.) One of the Placentalia.

Secundine :: Secundine (n.) The afterbirth, or placenta and membranes; -- generally used in the plural..

Implacental :: Implacental (n.) A mammal having no placenta.

Ovule :: Ovule (n.) The rudiment of a seed. It grows from a placenta, and consists of a soft nucleus within two delicate coatings. The attached base of the ovule is the hilum, the coatings are united with the nucleus at the chalaza, and their minute orifice is the foramen..

Placenta :: Placenta (n.) The part of a pistil or fruit to which the ovules or seeds are attached.

Placentation :: Placentation (n.) The mode of formation of the placenta in different animals; as, the placentation of mammals..

Placentary :: Placentary (a.) Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification..

Acetabulum :: Acetabulum (n.) One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.

Metadiscoidal :: Metadiscoidal (a.) Discoidal by derivation; -- applied especially to the placenta of man and apes, because it is supposed to have been derived from a diffused placenta..

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