a warm-blooded vertebrate animal of a class (Mammalia) that is distinguished by the possession of hair or fur, the secretion of milk, and (typically) the birth of live young.
Derivative
mammalianadj.
Etymology
C19: anglicized form of mod. L. mammalia, neut. pl. of L. mammalis (adj.), from mamma (see mamma2).
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