[muh-mey-lee-uh
n, -meyl-yuhn] 
| 1. | an animal of the class Mammalia; mammal. |
| 2. | belonging or pertaining to the class Mammalia; characteristic of mammals. |
| mam·mal (mām'əl) n. Any of various warm-blooded vertebrate animals of the class Mammalia, including humans, characterized by a covering of hair on the skin and, in the female, milk-producing mammary glands for nourishing the young. [From Late Latin mammālis, of the breast, from Latin mamma, breast; see mā-2 in Indo-European roots.] mam·ma'li·an (mā-mā'lē-ən) adj. & n. |