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• 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

• baby tooth — noun one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one of 20 in children) • Syn: ↑primary tooth, ↑deciduous tooth, ↑milk tooth • Hypernyms: ↑tooth • Part Holonyms: ↑child s body * * * noun …   Useful english dictionary

• mammal — [19] Etymologically, mammal denotes an ‘animal that suckles its young’. The word is a derivative of mammalia [18], the term for that whole class of animals, coined by the Swedish naturalist Linnaeus from Latin mammālis ‘of the breast’. This in… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• mammal — [19] Etymologically, mammal denotes an ‘animal that suckles its young’. The word is a derivative of mammalia [18], the term for that whole class of animals, coined by the Swedish naturalist Linnaeus from Latin mammālis ‘of the breast’. This in… …   Word origins

• mammal — mam|mal [ mæml ] noun count * 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. ╾ mam|ma|li|an [ mə meıliən ] adjective …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• mammal — [ˈmæm(ə)l] noun [C] an animal that is born from its mother s body, not from an egg, and drinks its mother s milk as a baby …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Drill (mammal) — Drill[1] Drill at the Lincoln Park Zoo Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• young mammal — noun any immature mammal • Hypernyms: ↑young, ↑offspring • Hyponyms: ↑baby, ↑pup, ↑whelp, ↑wolf pup, ↑wolf cub, ↑cub, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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• environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …   Universalium