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mammal

mam·mal

US/ˈmæməl/ uncommon

noun

1.

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

Origin

From Modern Latin Mammalia, coined 1758 by Linnaeus for the class of mammals, from neuter plural of Late Latin mammalis (“of the breast”), from Latin mamma (“breast”), perhaps cognate with mamma (mother).

Phrases

  • crown mammal
  • mammal-like reptile
  • marine mammal
  • sea mammal
  • stem mammal

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