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mammal

  • noun
  • mam·mal
  • /ˈmæməl/

A vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having fur or hair and producing milk with which to feed their young.

Other meanings

  1. A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.

A kind of

  • vertebrate

Kinds of mammal

  • female mammal
  • placental

Related words

  • mammalian
  • macromammal
  • mammaldom
  • mammalial
  • mammaliferous
  • mammallike
  • mammaloid
  • mammalophagic
  • mammalophilic
  • megamammal
  • mesomammal
  • micromammal

Example sentences

  • “Mammals, reptiles, and birds are amniotes.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

  • “Reptiles are more closely related to mammals than to amphibians.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “mammal” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.