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placentario

Definitions of placentario
  1. noun
    mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
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    Lucy
    incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
    types:
    estirpe, ganado, linaje
    any animals kept for use or profit
    toro
    mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
    vaca
    mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull'
    corza, gama
    mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'
    insectívoro
    small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals
    carnívoro
    a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal
    fisípedo
    in some classifications considered a suborder of Carnivora
    oso hormiguero
    nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
    murciélago, quiróptero
    nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
    lagomorfo
    relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing
    roedor
    relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
    ungulado
    any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically
    unguiculado
    a mammal having nails or claws
    paquidermo
    any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus
    desdentado
    primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America
    pangolín
    toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
    primate
    any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet
    musaraña
    insectivorous arboreal mammal of southeast Asia that resembles a squirrel with large eyes and long sharp snout
    lemúrido
    arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps
    proboscídeo
    massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk
    plantígrado
    an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings
    digitígrado
    an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses
    topo
    small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet
    musaraña
    small mouselike mammal with a long snout; related to moles
    erizo
    small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines
    cetáceo
    large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals
    buey marino, sirenio
    any of two families of large herbivorous aquatic mammals with paddle-shaped tails and flipper-like forelimbs and no hind limbs
    pinnípedo
    aquatic carnivorous mammal having a streamlined body specialized for swimming with limbs modified as flippers
    fisípedo
    terrestrial carnivores; having toes separated to the base: dogs; cats; bears; badgers; raccoons
    cánido
    any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles
    felino, félido
    any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws
    oso
    massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
    vivérrido
    small cat-like predatory mammals of warmer parts of the Old World
    lepórido
    rabbits and hares
    ratón
    any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
    rata
    any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
    almizclera
    beaver-like aquatic rodent of North America with dark glossy brown fur
    hámster
    short-tailed Old World burrowing rodent with large cheek pouches
    gerbo, jerbo
    small Old World burrowing desert rodent with long soft pale fur and hind legs adapted for leaping
    leming
    any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution
    espín, puerco espín
    relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur
    gerbo, jerbo
    mouselike jumping rodent
    lirón
    small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather
    ardilla
    a kind of arboreal rodent having a long bushy tail
    marmota
    stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere; hibernates in winter
    castor
    large semiaquatic rodent with webbed hind feet and a broad flat tail; construct complex dams and underwater lodges
    agutí
    agile long-legged rabbit-sized rodent of Central America and South America and the West Indies; valued as food
    nutra, nutria
    aquatic South American rodent resembling a small beaver; bred for its fur
    chinchilla
    small rodent with soft pearly grey fur; native to the Andes but bred in captivity for fur
    perisodáctilo
    placental mammals having hooves with an odd number of toes on each foot
    artiodáctilo
    placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot
    mustélido
    fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals
    armadillo, ayotoste
    burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates
    perezoso
    any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits
    oso hormiguero
    any of several tropical American mammals of the family Myrmecophagidae which lack teeth and feed on ants and termites
    simio
    an ape or monkey
    mono, simio
    any of various primates with short tails or no tail at all
    antropoide
    any member of the suborder Anthropoidea including monkeys and apes and hominids
    homínido
    a primate of the superfamily Hominoidea
    homínido
    a primate of the family Hominidae
    simio
    any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
    prosimio
    primitive primates having large ears and eyes and characterized by nocturnal habits
    lémur
    large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails
    társido
    nocturnal arboreal primate of Indonesia and the Philippines having huge eyes and digits ending in pads to facilitate climbing; the only primate that spurns all plant material as food living entirely on insects and small vertebrates
    elefante
    five-toed pachyderm
    mastodonte
    extinct elephant-like mammal that flourished worldwide from Miocene through Pleistocene times; differ from mammoths in the form of the molar teeth
    prociónido
    plantigrade carnivorous mammals
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    mamífero
    any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk
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