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MAMMALIA

\mamˈe͡ɪli͡ə], \mamˈe‍ɪli‍ə], \m_a_m_ˈeɪ_l_iə]\

Definitions of MAMMALIA

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Mammalian.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Mammalian.
(zool.) The whole class of animals that suckle their young.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Mammalian.
Zool. Mammals collectively.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

The whole class of mammals.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A class of vertebrates, mostly viviparous, consisting of those that suckle their young.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. pl. [Latin] The highest order of the animal kingdom; viviparoxis vertebrates -the class of animals which generate a Hviug fetus, and nourish it by miJDc secreted in the breasts.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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