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Mammalia — noun warm blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female • Syn: ↑class Mammalia • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Vertebrata, ↑subphylum Vertebrata, ↑Craniata, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
class — In biologic classification, the next division below the phylum (or subphylum) and above the order. [L. classis, a c., division] * * * Clomethiazole Acute Stroke Study * * * class klas n, often attrib a group, set, or kind marked by common… … Medical dictionary
class — class1 [klas, kläs] n. [Fr classe < L classis, class or division of the Roman people; akin to calare, to call: see CLAMOR] 1. a number of people or things grouped together because of certain likenesses or common traits; kind; sort; category 2 … English World dictionary
Mammalia — Mam*ma li*a, n. pl. [NL., from L. mammalis. See {Mammal}.] (Zo[ o]l.) The highest class of Vertebrata. The young are nourished for a time by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the mammary glands of the mother. [1913 Webster] Note: Mammalia… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
class — noun 1》 a set or category of things having a property or feature in common and differentiated from others by kind or quality. ↘Biology a principal taxonomic grouping that ranks above order and below phylum or division, such as Mammalia.… … English new terms dictionary
Mammalia — The highest class of living organisms; it includes all the vertebrate animals (monotremes, marsupials, and placentals) that suckle their young, possess hair, and (except for the egg laying monotremes) bring forth living young rather than eggs. [L … Medical dictionary
Mammalia — n. class of warm blooded vertebrate animals which secrete milk to feed their young and have a covering of hair on their bodies … English contemporary dictionary
mammal — mammallike, adj. /mam euhl/, n. any vertebrate of the class Mammalia, having the body more or less covered with hair, nourishing the young with milk from the mammary glands, and, with the exception of the egg laying monotremes, giving birth to… … Universalium
Mammal — For other uses, see Mammal (disambiguation). Mammals Temporal range: Late Triassic – Recent, 220–0 Ma … Wikipedia