Mammal



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GRE 红宝书

• n. 哺乳动物
• ［类］ epidermis : mammal / bark : conifer ( 哺乳动物的皮叫表皮 / 针叶树的皮叫树皮)
• ［记］ mamma ( 乳房) +l -> 哺乳动物;
• ［同］ 参考: mamilla ( 乳头) ;mammalogy ( 哺乳动物学)
• ［例］ Whales and dolphins are marine mammals.

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: New Latin Mammalia, from Late Latin, neuter plural of ~is of the breast, from Latin mamma breast
• Date: 1826
• any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
• ? ~ian adjective or noun

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