mammal


Definition: Meaning of, mammal in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈmam(ə)l /

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mammal mammals
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  1. a type of animal that drinks milk from its mother's body when it is young. Humans, dogs, and whales are mammals.
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mammal used in phrases

  • aquatic mammal (noun)
    1. whales and dolphins; manatees and dugongs; walruses; seals
  • artiodactyl mammal (noun)
    1. placental mammal having hooves with an even number of functional toes on each foot
  • cetacean mammal (noun)
    1. large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals
  • digitigrade mammal (noun)
    1. an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses
  • egg-laying mammal (noun)
    1. the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria
  • eutherian mammal (noun)
    1. mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
  • female mammal (noun)
    1. animals that nourish their young with milk
  • fissiped mammal (noun)
    1. terrestrial carnivores; having toes separated to the base: dogs; cats; bears; badgers; raccoons
  • fossorial mammal (noun)
    1. a burrowing mammal having limbs adapted for digging
  • gnawing mammal (noun)
    1. relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing
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