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mam·mal (mam′əl)

noun

any of a large class (Mammalia) of warmblooded, usually hairy vertebrates whose offspring are fed with milk secreted by the female mammary glands

Etymology: < ModL Mammalia < LL mammalis, of the breasts < L mamma: see mamma

Related Forms:

  • mammalian mam·ma′·lian (mə mā′lē ən, ma-) adjective, noun

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mammal Synonyms

mammal

n.

vertebrate, creature, beast; see animal 1.


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mammal Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • clon: Mammal cloned from they yield some surprises unique manner in.

Preposition: with

  • dog: The Act bans the hunting of wild mammals with dogs, with the exeption of certain forms of ' exempt hunting ' .

Adjective modifier

  • marine: Aircraft can also be used to survey large areas for marine mammals.

Modifies a noun

  • medic: Ian French is not only a marine biologist but the only BDMLR marine mammal medic on the Northwest coast of Scotland.

Noun used with modifier

  • non-human: The process and product claims extend to all similarly altered non-human mammals.
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mammal quotes

Es usted un homo sapiens, mam|¤fero vertebrado† Se encuentra en el periodo de domesticacio¤  n, y ser|¤a colocado en una jaula al menor s|¤ntoma de ferocidad. En la escuela, en los laboratorios o en las oficinas de gobierno sabemos todo cuanto puede saberse de usted, de sus semejantes o de los otros seres en la escala zoolo¤  gica. You are a homo sapiens, a vertebrate mammal† You are currently being tamed, and you would be put in a cage if you showed any sign of fierceness. At school, in the laboratories and in government offices we know as much as can be known about you, about your fellow beings and about the other beings in the zoological scale.

-Carballido, Emilio

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