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Etymology
Modern Latin Mammalia, coined 1758 by w:Linnaeus|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).
Pronunciation
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Hyphenation
mam·mal
Noun
mammal (plural mammals)
- An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and feeding milk to its young.
- paleontology A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.
Related terms
mammarial
mammary
Derived terms
mammalian
Translations
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trans-top|an animal of the class Mammalia
Afrikaans: soogdier
Bosnian: sisar m
Bulgarian: бозайник (bozajnik) m
Catalan: mamÃfer
Chinese: �乳� (b�r�lèi)
Croatian: sisavac m
Czech: savec m
Danish: pattedyr
Dutch: zoogdier n
Esperanto: mamulo
Faroese: súgdjór
Finnish: nisäkäs, imettäväinen (old-fashioned)
French: mammifère m
German: Säugetier n
Greek: θηλα��ικά (thilastiká)
Guarani: okambúva
Hebrew: ×�×�× ×§ (yogek)
Hindi: स�नपाय� (sat'anap�yī)
Hungarian: eml�s (1)
Icelandic: spendýr
Ido: mamifero
Indonesian: mamalia, hewan susu|menyusui
Interlingua: mammifero, mammal
Inuktitut: ������ (mammalaatik)
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Italian: mammifero m
Japanese: �乳� (������, honyūrui)
Korean: í�¬ì� ë¥� (poyuryu)
Latin: mammalis, mammalia
Latvian: zīdīt�js m
Lithuanian: žinduolis m
Macedonian: �и�а� m
Norwegian: pattedyr n
Persian: FAchar|پستا�دار (pestandar)
Polish: ssak m
Portuguese: mamÃfero m
Romanian: mamifer n
Russian: млекопи�а��ее (mlekopitájuš�eje) n
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �и�а� m
:Roman: sisar m
Slovak: cicavec#Slovak|cicavec m
Slovene: sesalec m
Spanish: mamÃfero m
Swedish: däggdjur n
Telugu: ��ష�రద� (ksheeradam)
Tupinambá: okambúba'e
Ukrainian: ��ав�� (ssavtsi)
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