Mammal

Noun

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

Hyponyms

 * See also Thesaurus:mammal

Derived terms

 * mammalian
 * mammality
 * mammalogy

Related terms

 * mammarial
 * mammary

Thesaurus
Angora goat, Arctic fox, Belgian hare, Caffre cat, Indian buffalo, Kodiak bear, Reptilia, Virginia deer, aardvark, aardwolf, alpaca, amphibian, anteater, antelope, antelope chipmunk, aoudad, apar, aquatic, armadillo, ass, aurochs, badger, bandicoot, bassarisk, bat, bear, beaver, bettong, binturong, biped, bison, black bear, black buck, black cat, black fox, black sheep, blue fox, bobcat, brown bear, brush deer, brush wolf, buffalo, buffalo wolf, burro, burro deer, cachalot, camel, camelopard, canine, cannibal, capybara, carabao, caribou, carnivore, carpincho, cat, cat-a-mountain, catamount, cattalo, cavy, chamois, cheetah, chevrotain, chinchilla, chipmunk, cinnamon bear, coon, coon cat, cosmopolite, cotton mouse, cotton rat, cougar, cow, coyote, coypu, deer, deer tiger, dingo, dog, donkey, dormouse, dromedary, echidna, eland, elephant, elk, ermine, eyra, fallow deer, feline, ferret, field mouse, fisher, fitch, flying phalanger, foumart, fox, fox squirrel, gazelle, gemsbok, genet, giraffe, glutton, gnawer, gnu, gnu goat, goat, goat antelope, gopher, grizzly bear, ground squirrel, groundhog, guanaco, guinea pig, hamster, hare, harnessed antelope, hartebeest, hedgehog, herbivore, hippopotamus, hog, horse, hyena, hyrax, ibex, insectivore, invertebrate, jackal, jackass, jackrabbit, jaguar, jaguarundi, jerboa, jerboa kangaroo, kaama, kangaroo, kangaroo mouse, kangaroo rat, karakul, kinkajou, kit fox, koala, lapin, lemming, leopard, leopard cat, lion, llama, lynx, mammalian, mammoth, mara, marmot, marsupial, marsupialian, marten, mastodon, meerkat, mink, mole, mongoose, moose, mouflon, mountain goat, mountain lion, mountain sheep, mouse, mule, mule deer, muntjac, musk deer, musk hog, musk-ox, muskrat, musquash, nilgai, nutria, ocelot, okapi, omnivore, onager, oont, opossum, otter, ounce, ox, pack rat, painter, panda, pangolin, panther, peccary, peludo, phalanger, pig, pine mouse, platypus, pocket gopher, pocket mouse, pocket rat, polar bear, polar fox, polecat, porcupine, possum, pouched rat, poyou, prairie dog, prairie wolf, primate, pronghorn, puma, quadruped, rabbit, raccoon, rat, red deer, red squirrel, reindeer, reptile, rhinoceros, rodent, roe, roe deer, roebuck, ruminant, sable, scavenger, serval, sheep, shrew, shrew mole, sika, silver fox, skunk, sloth, snowshoe rabbit, springbok, squirrel, stoat, suslik, swamp rabbit, swine, takin, tamandua, tamarin, tapir, tarpan, tatou, tatou peba, tatouay, tiger, tiger cat, timber wolf, tree shrew, ungulate, urus, varmint, vermin, vertebrate, vole, wallaby, warthog, water buffalo, waterbuck, weasel, wharf rat, whistler, white fox, wild ass, wild boar, wild goat, wild ox, wildcat, wildebeest, wolf, wolverine, wombat, wood rat, woodchuck, woolly mammoth, yak, zebra, zebu, zoril

Etymology
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).

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/"m{m@l/}}

Translations

 * Afrikaans: soogdier
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 * Basque: ugaztun
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 * Catalan: mamífer
 * Chechen: декха дийнат
 * Chinese: 哺乳類 (bǔrǔlèi)
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 * Greek: θηλαστικό,
 * Guaraní: okambúva
 * Hebrew: יונק (yoneq)
 * Hindi: सटनपायी (sat'anapāyī)
 * Hungarian: emlős (1)
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: mamifero
 * Indonesian: mamalia, hewan menyusui


 * Interlingua: mammifero, mammal
 * Inuktitut: ᒪᒻᒪᓛᑎᒃ (mammalaatik)
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 哺乳類 (ほにゅうるい, honyūrui)
 * Korean:
 * Latin: mammalis, mammalia
 * Latvian: zīdītājs
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 * Cyrillic: сисар
 * Roman: sisar
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 * Telugu: క్షీరదం (ksheeradam)
 * Tupinambá: okambúba'e
 * Ukrainian:
 * Volapük: sügaf,  süganim,  nimaf
 * Welsh: mamal


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