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Placenta
Placenta noun - The vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus.
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As the outer layer of a fertilized mammalian ovum becomes a placenta rather than a shell, whether this trope genuinely applies or not depends on how you look at it.
Source: Whale Egg
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