eutherian mammal vs mammalian

mammalian vs eutherian mammal

eutherian mammal and mammalian both are nouns.

eutherian mammal is not an adjective while mammalian is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
eutherian mammal	Yes	No	No	No
mammalian	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, mammalian is a hypernym of eutherian mammal; that is, mammalian is a word with a broader meaning than eutherian mammal:

eutherian mammal: mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
mammalian: 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

Other hypernyms of eutherian mammal include mammal.

eutherian mammal (noun)	mammalian (noun)
mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials	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

eutherian mammal (adjective)	mammalian (adjective)
	of or relating to the class Mammalia

Difference between eutherian mammal and mammalian

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