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mammalian

[muh-mey-lee-uhn, -meyl-yuhn]

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noun

an animal of the class Mammalia; mammal.

adjective

belonging or pertaining to the class Mammalia; characteristic of mammals.

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Origin:
1825–35; < Neo-Latin Mammali(a) (see mammal) + -an

Related forms

mam·mal·i·ty

[muh-mal-i-tee] , noun

non·mam·ma·li·an, noun, adjective

un·mam·ma·li·an, adjective

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World English Dictionary

mammal (ˈmæməl)

—n
	any animal of the Mammalia, a large class of warm-blooded vertebrates having mammary glands in the female, a thoracic diaphragm, and a four-chambered heart. The class includes the whales, carnivores, rodents, bats, primates, etc

[C19: via New Latin from Latin mamma breast]

mammalian

—*adj*, —n

'mammal-like

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

mammalian

1835 (n.), 1857 (adj.), from mammal.

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