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[syn: mammal, mammalian]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mammal \Mam"mal\, n.; pl. Mammals. [L. mammalis belonging to
the breast, fr. mamma the breast or pap: cf. F. mammal.]
(Zool.)
One of the Mammalia.
[1913 Webster]
Age of mammals. See under Age, n., 8.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mammal
n 1: any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less
covered with hair; young are born alive except for the
small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk [syn:
mammal, mammalian]