mammal
Syllables: mam·mal/ˈmæməl/
mammal noun: 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.
Noun
mammal (plural mammals)
- 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.
- A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.
mammal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
mammal in Hindi
- animal of the class Mammalia
- स्तनपायी stanpāyī, स्तनधारी standhārī
mammal in Tamil
- பாலூட்டி
mammal in Urdu
- animal of the class Mammalia
- سَتْنَپَایِی satnapāyī
mammal in Bengali
- animal of the class Mammalia
- স্তন্যপায়ী stonnopaẏi
More languagesFewer languages
- mammal in Telugu
- క్షీరదం kṣīradaṁ
- mammal in Malayalam
- സസ്തനി sastani
- mammal in Kannada
- ಸಸ್ತನಿ sastani
- mammal in Punjabi
- ਥਣਧਾਰੀ thaṇdhārī
- mammal in Gujarati
- સસ્તન પ્રાણી, સસ્તન
- mammal in Odia
- ସ୍ତନ୍ଯ଼ପାଯ଼ୀ
- mammal in Sanskrit
- सस्तन sastana
- mammal in Sinhala
- ක්ෂීරපායීන් kṣīrapāyīn
- mammal in Assamese
- স্তন্যপায়ী stoinnopayi, স্তন্যপায়ী প্ৰাণী stoinnopayi prani
- mammal in Nepali
- स्तनपायी, स्तनपायी प्राणी
- mammal in Tagalog
- wilik, mamipero, mamalya
- mammal in Arabic
- ثَدْيِيّ ṯadyiyy
- mammal in Malay
- mamalia
- mammal in Indonesian
- mamalia, hewan menyusui
- mammal in Persian
- پستاندار pestândâr
- mammal in Thai
- สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยน้ำนม sàt-líiang-lûuk-dûai-náam-nom, สัตว์กินนม sàt-gin-nom
- mammal in Vietnamese
- động vật có vú, thú
- mammal in Myanmar
- နို့တိုက်သတ္တဝါ nui.tuiksatta.wa
Examples of mammal in a sentence
- Hedgehogs and bears are two of the many mammals that hibernate in winter.
- The proposition that "all dogs are mammals" implies that my dog is a mammal.
- The early mammals inherited the earth by surviving their saurian contemporaries.
Synonyms of mammal
Forms of mammal
| plural | mammals |
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Origin of mammal
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).
Words formed from mammal
Words that rhyme with mammal
Questions about mammal
- What does mammal mean?
- Mammal means 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.
- What is mammal in Hindi?
- Mammal in Hindi is स्तनपायी (stanpāyī), स्तनधारी (standhārī). See Mammal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mammal?
- Mammal is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mammal?
- Mammal is pronounced /ˈmæməl/ (US).
- What is the plural of mammal?
- The plural of mammal is mammals.
Words near mammal in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mammal (page history and authors); mammal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mammal (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mammal (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); सस्तन (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); mammal (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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