mammal (noun)

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• mammal — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ large, small ▪ higher, lower ▪ endangered, rare ▪ extinct ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• mammal — ► NOUN ▪ a warm blooded vertebrate animal that has hair or fur, secretes milk, and (typically) bears live young. DERIVATIVES mammalian adjective. ORIGIN from Latin mamma breast …   English terms dictionary

• mammal-like reptile — noun Any basal member of the Synapsida, related to the mammals but superficially resembling reptiles. The mammal like reptiles, constituting the subclass Synapsida, were among the earliest to appear of known reptilian groups and had passed the… …   Wiktionary

• mammal genus — noun a genus of mammals • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Tachyglossus, ↑genus Tachyglossus, ↑Zaglossus, ↑genus Zaglossus, ↑Ornithorhynchus, ↑genus Ornithorhynchus, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• mammal Semnopithecus — noun langurs • Syn: ↑Presbytes, ↑genus Presbytes • Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cercopithecidae, ↑family Cercopithecidae …   Useful english dictionary

• mammal — noun Etymology: New Latin Mammalia, from Late Latin, neuter plural of mammalis of the breast, from Latin mamma breast Date: 1826 any of a class (Mammalia) of warm blooded higher vertebrates (as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• mammal — noun /ˈmæməl/ a) An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm blooded, having hair and feeding milk to its young. b) A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw. See Also: mammarial …   Wiktionary

• mammal — noun a warm blooded vertebrate animal of a class (Mammalia) that is distinguished by the possession of hair or fur, the secretion of milk, and (typically) the birth of live young. Derivatives mammalian adjective Origin C19: anglicized form of mod …   English new terms dictionary

• mammal — noun (C) one of the class of animals that drinks milk from its mother s body when it is young mammalian adjective …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• mammal family — noun a family of mammals • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Tachyglossidae, ↑family Tachyglossidae, ↑Ornithorhynchidae, ↑family Ornithorhynchidae, ↑Didelphidae, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• mammal */ — UK [ˈmæm(ə)l] / US noun [countable] Word forms mammal : singular mammal plural mammals biology an animal that is born from its mother s body, not from an egg, and drinks its mother s milk as a baby. Humans, dogs, and cows are all mammals. Derived …   English dictionary