placentate

placentate
\\pləˈsen.ˌtāt\ adjective
Etymology: New Latin placentatus, from placenta + Latin -atus -ate
: having a placenta

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/pleuh sen"tayt/, adj.
having a placenta.
[1885-90; PLACENT(A) + -ATE1]

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placentate, a. Zool.
(ˈplæsəntət)
[ad. mod.L. placentāt-us, f. placenta: see -ate2.]
Having a placenta: = placental a. 1 b.
in Cent. Dict. in Syd. Soc. Lex.

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