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Mammal — Mam mal, n.; pl. {Mammals}. [L. mammalis belonging to the breast, fr. mamma the breast or pap: cf. F. mammal.] (Zo[ o]l.) One of the Mammalia. [1913 Webster] {Age of mammals}. See under {Age}, n., 8. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mammal — Mammal, lat. dtsch., die Brüste betreffend … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
mammal — (n.) 1826, anglicized form of Mod.L. Mammalia (1773), coined 1758 by Linnaeus for the class of mammals, from neuter plural of L.L. mammalis of the breast, from L. mamma breast, perhaps cognate with MAMMA (Cf. mamma) … Etymology dictionary
mammal — ► NOUN ▪ a warm blooded vertebrate animal that has hair or fur, secretes milk, and (typically) bears live young. DERIVATIVES mammalian adjective. ORIGIN from Latin mamma breast … English terms dictionary
mammal — [mam′əl] n. [< ModL Mammalia < LL mammalis, of the breasts < L mamma: see MAMMA2] any of a large class (Mammalia) of warmblooded, usually hairy vertebrates whose offspring are fed with milk secreted by the female mammary glands mammalian … English World dictionary
Mammal — For other uses, see Mammal (disambiguation). Mammals Temporal range: Late Triassic – Recent, 220–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Mammal (EP) — For other uses, see Mammal (disambiguation). Mammal [EP] EP by Mammal Released … Wikipedia
mammal — mammallike, adj. /mam euhl/, n. any vertebrate of the class Mammalia, having the body more or less covered with hair, nourishing the young with milk from the mammary glands, and, with the exception of the egg laying monotremes, giving birth to… … Universalium
Mammal — Säugetiere Systematik Überstamm: Neumünder (Deuterostomia) Stamm … Deutsch Wikipedia
mammal */ — UK [ˈmæm(ə)l] / US noun [countable] Word forms mammal : singular mammal plural mammals biology an animal that is born from its mother s body, not from an egg, and drinks its mother s milk as a baby. Humans, dogs, and cows are all mammals. Derived … English dictionary
mammal — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ large, small ▪ higher, lower ▪ endangered, rare ▪ extinct ▪ … Collocations dictionary
