EnglishEdit

 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

EtymologyEdit

Modern Latin Mammalia, coined 1758 by Linnaeus for the class of mammals, from neuter plural of Late Latin mammalis (of the breast), from Latin mamma (breast), perhaps cognate with mamma (mother).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mammal (plural mammals)

  1. An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and producing milk with which to feed its young.
  2. (paleontology) A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.

HyponymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit


TranslationsEdit