mammal
noun
Simple meaning
Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈmæməl
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
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noun
zoology
Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk
An animal of the class Mammalia.
zoology
Characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair or fur and producing milk with which to feed its young.
paleontology
Characterized by having vertebrae and three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- C1 · Advanced (estimated)
- Frequency
- Uncommon
- Formality
- Technical
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This meaning: Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk
Used this way, mammal is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It stays understated rather than dramatic. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Mild
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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Related to Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair.
Compound terms
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Langurs.
A family of mammals.
An animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses.
The most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria.
Mammals having a placenta.
Animals that nourish their young with milk.
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Milk-secreting organ of female mammals.
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