Mammal

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.2.1 Hyphenation 1.3 Noun 1.4 Related terms 1.5 Derived terms 1.6 Translations 1.6.1 See also

English

Etymology

Latin mammalis "mammarial", derived from mamma "breast".

Pronunciation

	IPA	SAMPA
GenAm	/ˈmæməl/	/"m{m@l/

Hyphenation

mam·mal

Noun

mammal (plural: mammals)

1. An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and feeding milk to its young.

Related terms

• Mammarial
• mammary

Derived terms

• Mammalian

Translations

• Bosnian: sisavac m
• Bulgarian: бозайник (bozajnik) m
• Catalan: mamífer
• Chinese: 哺乳類 (bǔrǔlèi)
• Czech: savec m
• Danish: pattedyr
• Dutch: zoogdier n
• Esperanto: mamulo
• Finnish: nisäkäs, imettäväinen (old-fashioned)
• French: mammifère m
• German: Säugetier n
• Guarani: okambúva
• Hebrew: יונק
• Indonesian: mamalia, hewan menyusui
• Interlingua: mammifero, mammal
• Italian: mammifero m
• Japanese: 哺乳類 (ほにゅうるい, honyūrui)
• Latin: mammalis, mammalia
• Latvian: zīdītājs m
• Lithuanian: žinduolis m
• Persian: پستاندار (pestandar)
• Polish: ssak m
• Portuguese: mamífero
• Romanian: mamifer n
• Russian: млекопитающее (mlekopitajushchee) n
• Slovak: cicavec m
• Slovene: sesalec m
• Spanish: mamífero m
• Swedish: däggdjur n
• Tupinambá: okambúba'e

See also

• Wikipedia article on mammals