mam·mal
[mam-uh
l] 
noun
any vertebrate of the class Mammalia, having the body more or less covered with hair, nourishing the young with milk from the mammary glands, and, with the exception of the egg-laying monotremes, giving birth to live young.
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Mammal
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| mammal (ˈmæməl) | |
| —n | |
| any animal of the Mammalia, a large class of warm-blooded vertebrates having mammary glands in the female, a thoracic diaphragm, and a four-chambered heart. The class includes the whales, carnivores, rodents, bats, primates, etc | |
| [C19: via New Latin from Latin mamma breast] | |
| mammalian | |
| —adj, —n | |
| 'mammal-like | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
mammal
1826, Anglicized form of Mod.L. Mammalia (1773), coined 1758 by Linnaeus for the class of mammals, from neut. pl. of L.L. mammalis "of the breast," from L. mamma "breast," perhaps cognate with mamma.
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Merriam-Webster
Medical Dictionary
mam·mal definition
Pronunciation: /ˈmam-əl/Function: n
: any of the higher vertebrate animals comprising the class Mammalia
mam·ma·li·anPronunciation: /mə-ˈmā-lē-ən, ma-/
Function: adjective or n
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American Heritage
Science Dictionary
| mammal (mām'əl) Pronunciation Key
Any of various warm-blooded vertebrate animals of the class Mammalia, whose young feed on milk that is produced by the mother's mammary glands. Unlike other vertebrates, mammals have a diaphragm that separates the heart and lungs from the other internal organs, red blood cells that lack a nucleus, and usually hair or fur. All mammals but the monotremes bear live young. Mammals include rodents, cats, dogs, ungulates, cetaceans, and apes. |
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