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Topic: BIOLOGY

Date: 1800-1900
Language: Late Latin
Origin: mammalis 'of the breast', from Latin mamma 'breast'

mammal

 noun
     
mam‧mal [countable]
HBA a type of animal that drinks milk from its mother's body when it is young. Humans, dogs, and whales are mammals.
—mammalian adjective
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