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Meaning of placentation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. The local fusion of the embryonic stage of an animal to its parent for physiological exchange to promote the growth and development of the young; involves a placenta in non-egglaying mammals.
    countable, uncountable
  2. The manner in which the seeds are attached to the placenta within the ovary locules.
    countable, uncountable

Examples

“Specialized hemophagous regions are a striking characteristic of some of these placentas yet absent in hyraxes, elephant shrews, and golden moles. It is possible that the common ancestor of the Afrotheria had an endotheliochorial placenta.”
“Parietal placentation occurs in the Brassicaceae family.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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