MAMMAL

mammal, mammalian

(noun) any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

mammal (plural mammals)

An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and feeding milk to its young.

(paleontology) A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.

Hyponyms

• See also mammal

Source: Wiktionary


Mam"mal, n.; pl. Mammals. Etym: [L. mammalis belonging to the breast, fr. mamma the breast or pap: cf. F. mammal.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of the Mammalia. Age of mammals. See under Age, n., 8.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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