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mam·mal

[mam-uhl]
noun
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 live young.

Origin:
1820–30; as singular of Neo-Latin Mammalia neuter plural of Late Latin mammālis of the breast. See mamma2, -al1

mam·mal·like, adjective
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Example Sentences
  • There is no other species of mammal in which the male contributes so much to rearing successful offspring.
  • They began by finding a molecule that would carry a novel amino acid to a mammal cell's protein factories.
  • They were one of several different mammal lineages that emerged around that time.
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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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mammal
1826, Anglicized form of Mod.L. Mammalia (1773), coined 1758 by Linnaeus for the class of mammals, from neut. pl. of L.L. mammalis "of the breast," from L. mamma "breast," perhaps cognate with mamma.
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mammal   (mām'əl)  Pronunciation Key 
Any of various warm-blooded vertebrate animals of the class Mammalia, whose young feed on milk that is produced by the mother's mammary glands. Unlike other vertebrates, mammals have a diaphragm that separates the heart and lungs from the other internal organs, red blood cells that lack a nucleus, and usually hair or fur. All mammals but the monotremes bear live young. Mammals include rodents, cats, dogs, ungulates, cetaceans, and apes.
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