a. [ Pref. a- + placental. ] Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖ n. pl. [ Pref. a- not + placenta. ] (Zool.) Mammals which have no placenta. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
n. Rate by the hundred; percentage. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. centum a hundred. ] A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; -- called in many parts of the United States a
n. Relating to a hundred. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cental system,
n. [ F. centiare; centi- (L. centum) + -are. ] A measure of area, the hundredth part of an are; one square meter, or about 1
n. [ L. centaurus, Gr.
‖prop. n. [ NL. See Centaury. ] (Bot.) A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle (Centaurea Cyanus) and the star thistle (Centaurea Calcitrapa). [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. A genus of low-growing herbs mostly of the northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers.
n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; centaur + &unr_; battle. ] (Ancient Art) A fight in which centaurs take part, -- a common theme for relief sculpture, as in the Parthenon metopes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross.
n. [ L. centaureum and centauria, Gr.
n. a fractional monetary unit of several countries such as El Salvador, St. Thomas and Principe, Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, the Philippines, and Portugal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. [ L. hippocentaurus, Gr. &unr_;;
a. (Zool.) Without a placenta, as marsupials and monotremes; nonplacental. --
‖n. pl. [ NL. See In- not, and Placental. ] (Zool.) A primary division of the Mammalia, including the monotremes and marsupials, in which no placenta is formed. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Per cent + -age, as in average. See Per, and Cent. ] (Com.) A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
☞ In most mammals the placenta is principally developed from the allantois and chorion, and tufts of vascular villi on its surface penetrate the blood vessels of the parental uterus, and thus establish a nutritive and excretory connection between the blood of the fetus and that of the parent, though the blood itself does not flow from one to the other. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
n. (Zool.) One of the Placentalia. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A division of Mammalia including those that have a placenta, or all the orders above the marsupials. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having reference to the placenta;
n.