mammal
A vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having…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.
» The whale is a very large mammal which lives in the sea.
Wale sind riesige Säugetiere, die im Meer leben.
Кит — это очень большое млекопитающее, живущее в море.
Кит - це дуже великий ссавець, який живе у морi.
Meaning
2 sensesA vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having fur or hair and producing milk with which to feed their young.
Säugetier
млекопита́ющееmlekopitájuščeje, зверьzverʹ
ссаве́цьssavécʹ, звірzvir
any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk
A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.
Examples
177 sentencesThe whale is a very large mammal which lives in the sea.
Кит - це дуже великий ссавець, який живе у морi.
ruКит — это очень большое млекопитающее, живущее в море.
deWale sind riesige Säugetiere, die im Meer leben.
A dolphin is a mammal.
Дельфін — це ссавець.
ruДельфин - это млекопитающее.
deDer Delfin ist ein Säugetier.
A whale is a mammal.
Кит - ссавець.
ruКит — млекопитающее.
deWale sind Säugetiere.
Whales are mammals.
Кит - ссавець.
ruКиты — млекопитающие.
deWale sind Säugetiere.
Are lions mammals?
Чи леви ссавці?
ruЛьвы — млекопитающие?
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin mammal, coined 1758 by Linnaeus for the class of mammals, from Late LaBorrowed from Latin mammal, coined 1758 by Linnaeus for the class of mammals, from Late Latin mammalis (“of the breast”), from Latin mamma (“breast”), perhaps cognate with mamma (mother).
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