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mammaldom

mammaldom noun: the condition of being a mammal.

Noun

mammaldom (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The condition of being a mammal.
    • The whole of this vast mammaldom which so dwarfs us is itself no more than a tenth of the entirety of the vertebrates (the backboned animals).1951, Alan Devoe, This Fascinating Animal World, page 4
    • At the museum, visitors are reminded that mammaldom did not confer any major advantages on its earliest practitioners.2007 February 20, Natalie Angier, “A Mammal in Winter With a Furnace of Her Own”, in New York Times

Origin of mammaldom

From mammal + -dom.

Questions about mammaldom

What does mammaldom mean?
Mammaldom means the condition of being a mammal.
What part of speech is mammaldom?
Mammaldom is a noun.

Words near mammaldom in the dictionary

  1. mammaglobulins
  2. mammaing
  3. mammal
  4. mammal-like reptile
  5. mammal-like reptiles
  6. mammaldom
  7. mammalgia
  8. mammalia
  9. mammaliaform
  10. mammaliaforms
  11. mammalial

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