mammal ![](images/dict/m/mammal.gif)
mam·mal [mammal mammals] BrE [ˈmæml] NAmE [ˈmæml] noun ![](img/dict/f/z_mammals_comp.jpg) 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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