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Lissencephala :: Lissencephala (n. pl.) A general name for all those placental mammals that have a brain with few or no cerebral convolutions, as Rodentia, Insectivora, etc..

Placentae :: Placentae (pl. ) of Placent.

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

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

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..

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

Implacental :: Implacental (a.) Without a placenta, as marsupials and monotremes..

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

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.

Aplacental :: Aplacental (a.) Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.

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

Implacentalia :: Implacentalia (n. pl.) A primary division of the Mammalia, including the monotremes and marsupials, in which no placenta is formed..

Placentas :: Placentas (pl. ) of Placent.

Placentalia :: Placentalia (n. pl.) A division of Mammalia including those that have a placenta, or all the orders above the marsupials..

Parietal :: Parietal (a.) Attached to the main wall of the ovary, and not to the axis; -- said of a placenta..

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

Placentation :: Placentation (n.) The mode in which the placenta is arranged or composed; as, axile placentation; parietal placentation..

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

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

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