Meaning

2 senses
  1. 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.

    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

  2. A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.

Examples

177 sentences
  1. The 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.

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  2. A dolphin is a mammal.

    Дельфін — це ссавець.

    ruДельфин - это млекопитающее.

    deDer Delfin ist ein Säugetier.

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  3. A whale is a mammal.

    Кит - ссавець.

    ruКит — млекопитающее.

    deWale sind Säugetiere.

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  4. Whales are mammals.

    Кит - ссавець.

    ruКиты — млекопитающие.

    deWale sind Säugetiere.

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  5. Are lions mammals?

    Чи леви ссавці?

    ruЛьвы — млекопитающие?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
animal of the class Mammalia:
Русский
By meaning 1
animal of the class Mammalia:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
animal of the class Mammalia:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin mammal, coined 1758 by Linnaeus for the class of mammals, from Late La

Borrowed 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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Forms

plural: mammals
Singularmammal
Pluralmammals

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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:mammalian

Word family

26 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mammal — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto