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单词 eutherian
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eutheriann.adj.

Brit. /juːˈθɪərɪən/, U.S. /juˈθɪriən/
Etymology: < modern Latin Eutheria (T. N. Gill 1872, in Smithsonian Misc. Coll. XI. p. iii), < Greek εὐ- eu- comb. form + θηρία beasts.
Zoology.
A. n.
A member of the Eutheria, an infraclass which comprises the placental mammals.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Placentalia > [noun] > member of
placental1841
monodelph1842
Deciduata1866
monodelphian1873
deciduate1880
eutherian1880
placentary1890
1880 T. H. Huxley in Proc. Zool. Soc. 657 An undifferentiated Eutherian.
1895 R. Lydekker Royal Nat. Hist. III. 283 Mammals are divided into three primary groups or subclasses, viz.: 1. Eutherians, or Placentals... 2. Metatherians, or Implacentals, including the Pouched Mammals. 3. [etc.]
1950 J. Z. Young Life of Vertebr. xxi. 545 All the eutherians (placentals) have been derived from small, perhaps nocturnal, insectivorous or omnivorous animals.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to this group.
ΚΠ
1880 T. H. Huxley in Proc. Zool. Soc. 658 Eutherian forms with deciduate placentation.
1969 L. H. Matthews Life of Mammals I. ix. 197 The introduction of European eutherian predators..have [sic] played havoc with the metatherian fauna of Australia.
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