mammal

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Etymology

Modern Latin Mammalia, coined 1758 by 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).

Pronunciation

• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈmæməl/, SAMPA: /"m{m@l/
• Hyphenation: mam‧mal

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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.

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:mammal

Derived terms

• mammalian
• mammality
• mammalogy

Related terms

• mammarial
• mammary

Translations

animal of the class Mammalia

Afrikaans: soogdier Arabic: ثَديِيّ (ar) (thadyiyy) Armenian: կաթնասուն (hy) (kat'nasun) Basque: ugaztun (eu) Bosnian: sisar (bs) m. Bulgarian: бозайник (bg) (bozajnik) m. Catalan: mamífer Chechen: декха дийнат Chinese: 哺乳類 (bǔrǔlèi) Croatian: sisavac (hr) m. Czech: savec (cs) m. Danish: pattedyr (da) Dutch: zoogdier (nl) n. Esperanto: mamulo (eo) Estonian: imetaja (et) Faroese: súgdjór (fo) Finnish: nisäkäs (fi) French: mammifère (fr) m. Georgian: ძუძუმწოვარი (ka) German: Säugetier (de) n. Greek: θηλαστικό (el) (thilastikó) n., μαστοφόρο (el) (mastofóro) n. Guaraní: okambúva Hebrew: יונק (yoneq) Hindi: सटनपायी (sat'anapāyī) Hungarian: emlős (1) Icelandic: spendýr (is) Ido: mamifero Indonesian: mamalia, hewan menyusui Interlingua: mammifero, mammal

Inuktitut: ᒪᒻᒪᓛᑎᒃ (mammalaatik) Irish: mamach (ga) m. Italian: mammifero (it) m. Japanese: 哺乳類 (ほにゅうるい, honyūrui) Korean: 포유류 (ko) (poyuryu) Latin: mammalis, mammalia Latvian: zīdītājs m. Lithuanian: žinduolis (lt) m. Luxembourgish: Mamendéier (lb) n. Macedonian: цицач (mk) (cícač) m. Norwegian: pattedyr (no) n. Persian: پستاندار (fa) (pestandar) Polish: ssak (pl) m. Portuguese: mamífero (pt) m. Romanian: mamifer (ro) n. Russian: млекопитающее (ru) (mlekopitájuščeje) n. Serbian: Cyrillic: сисар m. Roman: sisar m. Slovak: cicavec (sk) m. Slovene: sesalec (sl) m. Spanish: mamífero (es) m. Swedish: däggdjur (sv) n. Telugu: క్షీరదం (ksheeradam) Tupinambá: okambúba'e Ukrainian: ссавці (uk) (ssavtsi) Volapük: (♂♀) sügaf (vo), (♂♀) süganim (vo), Welsh: mamal (cy) m.

paleontology: vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw

Finnish: nisäkäs (fi)