Therian
adjective
1.
(in some classification systems) belonging or pertaining to the group Theria, comprising the marsupial and placental mammals and their extinct ancestors.
noun
2.
a therian animal.
adjective
pertaining to placental or marsupial mammals
Word Origin
Theria (from Greek themacrion ‘beast’, one the subclasses of Mammalia
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