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placentary

placentary adjective: placental; relating to the placenta.

Adjective

placentary (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Placental; relating to the placenta.
    • the placentary system of classification

Noun

placentary (plural placentaries)

  1. The projecting line or ridge formed by the union of several placentas.

Forms of placentary

pluralplacentaries

Origin of placentary

From placenta + -ary.

Words formed from placentary

Questions about placentary

What does placentary mean?
Placentary means placental; relating to the placenta.
What part of speech is placentary?
Placentary can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near placentary in the dictionary

  1. placentals
  2. placentaria
  3. placentarian
  4. placentaries
  5. placentarium
  6. placentary
  7. placentas
  8. placentate
  9. placentation
  10. placentations
  11. Placentia

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