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placental vs mammal

mammal vs placental

placental and mammal both are nouns.

placental is an adjective but mammal is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
placental Yes Yes No No
mammal Yes No No No
As nouns, mammal is a hypernym of placental; that is, mammal is a word with a broader meaning than placental:
  • placental: mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
  • mammal: 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 placental include mammalian.
placental (noun) mammal (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
placental (adjective) mammal (adjective)
pertaining to or having or occurring by means of a placenta
Difference between placental and mammal

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