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eutherian

eutherian adjective: belonging or pertaining to the group Eutheria, comprising the mammals more closely related to animals like humans and rodents than to marsupials.

Adjective

eutherian (not comparable)

  1. Belonging or pertaining to the group Eutheria, comprising the mammals more closely related to animals like humans and rodents than to marsupials.

Noun

eutherian (plural eutherians)

  1. An animal of the group Eutheria.

Forms of eutherian

pluraleutherians

Origin of eutherian

From Eutheria, from Ancient Greek εὖ (eû, “good, true”) + θηρίον (thēríon, “beast”).

Words formed from eutherian

Questions about eutherian

What does eutherian mean?
Eutherian means belonging or pertaining to the group Eutheria, comprising the mammals more closely related to animals like humans and rodents than to marsupials.
What part of speech is eutherian?
Eutherian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near eutherian in the dictionary

  1. euthenical
  2. euthenics
  3. euthenist
  4. euthenists
  5. eutherapeutic
  6. eutherian
  7. eutheriancentric
  8. eutherians
  9. eutheriodont
  10. eutheriodontian
  11. eutheriodontians

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