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Definition for: mammal

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English

Etymology

Latin mammalis "mammarial", derived from mamma "breast".

Pronunciation

IPA SAMPA
GenAm /ˈmæməl/ /"m{m@l/

Hyphenation

mam·mal

Noun

mammal ( plural mammals )

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

Related terms

  • mammarial
  • mammary

Derived terms

  • mammalian

Translations

  • Bosnian: sisar m .
  • Bulgarian: бозайник (bozajnik) m .
  • Catalan: mamífer
  • Chinese: 哺乳類 (bǔrǔlèi)
  • Croatian: sisavac m .
  • Czech: savec m .
  • Danish: pattedyr
  • Dutch: zoogdier n .
  • Esperanto: mamulo
  • Finnish: nisäkäs, imettäväinen ( old-fashioned )
  • French: mammifère m .
  • German: Säugetier n .
  • Greek: θηλαστικά (thilastiká)
  • Guarani: okambúva
  • Hebrew: יונק (yogek)
  • Hindi: सटनपायी (sat'anapāyī)
  • Hungarian: emlős (1)
  • Ido: mamifero
  • Indonesian: mamalia, hewan menyusui
  • Interlingua: mammifero, mammal
  • Inuktitut: ᒪᒻᒪᓛᑎᒃ (mammalaatik)
  • Italian: mammifero m .
  • Japanese: 哺乳類 (ほにゅうるい, honyūrui)
  • Korean: 포유류 (poyuryu)
  • Latin: mammalis, mammalia
  • Latvian: zīdītājs m .
  • Lithuanian: žinduolis m .
  • Norwegian: pattedyr n .
  • Persian: پستاندار (pestandar)
  • Polish: ssak m .
  • Portuguese: mamífero m .
  • Romanian: mamifer n .
  • Russian: млекопитающее (mlekopitájuščeje) n .
  • Serbian:
    Cyrillic: сисар m .
    Roman: sisar m .
  • Slovak: cicavec m .
  • Slovene: sesalec m .
  • Spanish: mamífero m .
  • Swedish: däggdjur n .
  • Telugu: క్షీరదం (ksheeradam)
  • Tupinambá: okambúba'e
  • Ukrainian: ссавці (ssavtsi)

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