mammalian

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

mam·ma·li·an

[muh-mey-lee-uhn, -meyl-yuhn]
noun
1.
an animal of the class Mammalia; mammal.
adjective
2.
belonging or pertaining to the class Mammalia; characteristic of mammals.

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Mammalian is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

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

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