mammal
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mammal/ˈmaml/
▶noun a warm-blooded vertebrate animal of a class (Mammalia) that is distinguished by the possession of hair or fur, the secretion of milk, and (typically) the birth of live young.
– derivatives
mammalian adjective.
mammalian adjective.
– origin C19: anglicized form of mod. L. mammalia, neut. pl. of L. mammalis (adj.), from mamma (see mamma2).
'mammal' also found in these Oxford entries:
aardvark
- aardwolf
- Abominable Snowman
- acouchi
- addax
- agouti
- ai
- alpaca
- amnion
- amniote
- angwantibo
- animal
- anoa
- antbear
- anteater
- antechinus
- antelope
- anthropoid
- aoudad
- ape
- aquamanile
- argali
- armadillo
- artiodactyl
- ass
- aurochs
- axis
- aye-aye
- babirusa
- baboon
- bachelor
- Bactrian camel
- badger
- baleen whale
- bandicoot
- banteng
- Barbary ape
- Barbary sheep
- barbastelle
- barking deer
- bat
- bat-eared fox
- beaked whale
- bear
- bearcat
- beast
- beast of prey
- beaver
- beira
- beisa oryx
