Definitions
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- adjective Of or pertaining to the taxonomic subclass
Theria - noun Any member of the taxonomic subclass
Theria ; theplacental andmarsupial mammals - noun Short for
therianthrope .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Just so everyone knows, they are definately _not_ monotremes or therian mammals.
The most inconvenient seal Darren Naish 2006
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To accept one's 'therianism' therian - derived from theriomorphic- is a person who believes his core identity is that of an animal, or an animal's spirit I believe.
Archive 2006-10-08 Terry Nelson 2006
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There is neither black nor white, addicted nor free person, there is not male or female, gay or lesbian, therian or animal person;
Archive 2006-10-08 Terry Nelson 2006
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To accept one's 'therianism' therian - derived from theriomorphic- is a person who believes his core identity is that of an animal, or an animal's spirit I believe.
Identity and Conversion Terry Nelson 2006
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There is neither black nor white, addicted nor free person, there is not male or female, gay or lesbian, therian or animal person;
Identity and Conversion Terry Nelson 2006
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The method might happen to fail for once: for instance, the toe-bone might have been abnormalized by therian or saurian malady; and the possibility of such failure, even when of small probability, is of great alleviation.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838
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In particular, there was early sexually dimorphic expression of FOXL2 and WNT4, suggesting that these genes are key regulators of ovarian development in all therian mammals.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Andrew Pask 2010
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He also hopes to discover therian - a medicine described by Galen in the first century AD that contains more than 80 different plant extracts - and document the exact measurements ancient doctors used to manufacture the pills.
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This is in contrast to a small number of other imprinted genes that are imprinted in marsupials and other therian mammals and indicates that imprinting arose at each genomic domain at different stages of mammalian evolution.
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I am a proud Dire Wolf therian, in love with a Coyote therian.
ruzuzu commented on the word therian
I think this usage example should have theriac instead of therian:
"He also hopes to discover therian - a medicine described by Galen in the first century AD that contains more than 80 different plant extracts - and document the exact measurements ancient doctors used to manufacture the pills.
New Scientist - Online News"
March 20, 2014
ry commented on the word therian
unrelated to theriac, but I just want to say that at first I was all "wait—therianthrope is so commonly used that it has a shortened form?" and then I looked at the content examples and I was all, "ohhh... furfans"
March 20, 2014