eutherian

1. 1.

   of or relating to or belonging to the subclass Eutheria

   “eutherian mammals”

Other forms of eutherian

plural

eutherians·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about eutherian

What does eutherian mean?

eutherian means "mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in eutherian?

eutherian has 5 syllables: e-u-the-ri-an. The stress falls on "ri".

What is another word for eutherian?

Close synonyms include placental, placental mammal, eutherian mammal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is eutherian a common word?

eutherian is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.