What is a general name for all those placental mammals that have a brain with few or no cerebral convolutions, as Rodentia, Insectivora, etc called?
lissencephala — A general name for all those placental mammals that have a brain with few or no cerebral convolutions, as Rodentia, Insectivora, etc. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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