Definition of Mammal. Meaning of Mammal. Synonyms of Mammal

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Definition of Mammal

Mammal
Mammal Mam"mal, n.; pl. Mammals. [L. mammalis belonging to the breast, fr. mamma the breast or pap: cf. F. mammal.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the Mammalia. Age of mammals. See under Age, n., 8.

Meaning of Mammal from wikipedia

- A mammal (from Latin mamma 'breast') is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia (/məˈmeɪli.ə/). Mammals are characterised by the presence of milk-producing...
- Mammalia is a class of animal within the phylum Chordata. Mammal classification has been through several iterations since Carl Linnaeus initially defined...
- Look up mammal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A mammal is a vertebrate animal with milk-producing glands. Mammal, Mammals or Mammalia may also refer...
- Marine mammals are mammals that rely on marine (sal****er) ecosystems for their existence. They include animals such as cetaceans (whales, dolphins and...
- Synapsida is a diverse group of tetrapod vertebrates that includes all mammals and their extinct relatives. It is one of the two major clades of the group...
- A military marine mammal is a cetacean or pinniped that has been trained for military uses. Examples include bottlenose dolphins, seals, sea lions, and...
- Monotremes (/ˈmɒnətriːmz/) are mammals of the order Monotremata. They are the only group of living mammals that lay eggs, rather than bearing live young...
- Aquatic mammals and semiaquatic mammals are a diverse group of mammals that dwell partly or entirely in bodies of water. They include the various marine...
- inter-****ual competition. Unlike more social species bears, being solitary mammals, have wide-ranging habitats to locate potential mates. Due to the asynchrony...
- Marsupials are a diverse group of mammals belonging to the infraclass Marsupialia. They are natively found in Australasia, Wallacea, and the Americas...