monodelphia

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monodelphia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Monodelphia \Mon`o*del"phi*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos
     single + delfy`s the womb.] (Zool.)
     The group that includes all ordinary or placental mammals;
     the Placentalia. See Mammalia.
     [1913 Webster] Monodelphic