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mammal
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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