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mammal
[ mam-uhl ]
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.
mammal
/ ˈmæmÉ™±ô; mæˈmeɪlɪən /
noun
- 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
mammal
/ ³¾Äƒ³¾â€²É™±ô /
- 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.
Derived Forms
- ˈ³¾²¹³¾³¾²¹±ô-ËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
- mammalian, adjectivenoun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¾²¹³¾î€ƒm²¹±ô·±ô¾±°ì±ð adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of mammal1
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Bibiana Beltran said the doctor at the emergency room contacted a local marine mammal center for advice on how to treat a sea lion attack, because the doctor had never seen one before.
“Species at each level of the food chain, from invertebrates to fish, birds, marine mammals and humans, can be affected differently based on their physiology and feeding strategies,†she said.
Sea lions and other ocean mammals in Southern California are falling victim to a poisoning event that a local expert calls the worst in recent memory.
At first, the arrival of the giant mammals was not terribly controversial.
Donna Mouat had spotted the mammal outside her home in South Nesting while cooking dinner.
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