mammal
mam·mal [mammal mammals] BrE [ˈmæml] NAmE [ˈmæml] noun 
any animal that gives birth to live babies, not eggs, and feeds its young on milk. Cows, humans and ↑whales are all mammals.
Derived Word: ↑mammalian
Word Origin:
early 19th cent.: anglicized form (first used in the plural) of modern Latin mammalia, neuter plural of Latin mammalis (adjective), from mamma ‘breast’.
Example Bank:
•deaths among marine mammals
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