Mammal
mammals
mam·mals
Subclass of:
Vertebrates
Definitions related to mammals:
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Warm-blooded vertebrate animals belonging to the class Mammalia, including all that possess hair and suckle their young.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(mammalia) A class of warm-blooded vertebrate animals having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(mammalia) Warm-blooded chordates with hair, 7 cervical vertebrates, 4 chambered heart, 5 or fewer digits on each limb, mammary glands with milk for feeding young; can be terrestrial, aerial or aquatic.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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