| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| eutherian |
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| SYLLABICATION: | eu·ther·i·an |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  y -thîr  - n |
| ADJECTIVE: | Of or belonging to the infraclass Eutheria, a division of mammals to which all the placental mammals belong. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From New Latin Euthria, infraclass name : Greek eu-, eu- + Greek thria, pl. of thrion, wild animal; see treacle. | | OTHER FORMS: | eu·theri·an —NOUN
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