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noun (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.
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).
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