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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 )
- An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and feeding milk to its young.
- A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.
Related terms
- mammarial
- mammary
Derived terms
- mammalian
Translations
- Bosnian: sisavac m
- Bulgarian: бозайник (bozajnik) m
- Catalan: mamífer
- Chinese: 哺乳類 (bǔrǔlèi)
- Czech: savec m
- Danish: pattedyr
- Dutch: zoogdier n
- Esperanto: mamulo
- Farsi: پستاندار (pestandar )
- Finnish: nisäkäs , imettäväinen (old-fashioned)
- French: mammifère m
- German: Säugetier n
- Greek: θηλαστικά (thilastika) ((el)
- Guarani: okambúva
- Hebrew: יונק
- Ido: mamifero
- Indonesian: mamalia , hewan menyusui
- Interlingua: mammifero, mammal
- Italian: mammifero m
- Japanese: 哺乳類 (ほにゅうるい , honyūrui)
- Latin: mammalis , mammalia
- Latvian: zīdītājs m
- Lithuanian: žinduolis m
- Norwegian: pattedyr
- Polish: ssak m
- Portuguese: mamífero
- Romanian: mamifer n
- Russian: млекопитающее (mlekopitajushchee) n
- Slovak: cicavec m
- Slovene: sesalec m
- Spanish: mamífero m
- Swedish: däggdjur n
- Tupinambá: okambúba'e
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