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marine mammals

marine mammals is the plural of marine mammal.

Meaning of marine mammal

Noun

marine mammal (plural marine mammals)

  1. A mammal which lives partly or wholly in the ocean, or at least is heavily dependent on the ocean for its lifestyle; such as the cetaceans, the sirenians, the pinnipeds, the sea otter, or the polar bear.
    • The influence of the temperature of the Gulf-stream upon animal life in the ocean is very curious. The whale so sedulously shuns its warm waters, as almost to indicate their track by its absence ; while yet abundantly found on each side of it. The physical reasons are doubtless the same which...1857 April, Philippe de Kerhallet, “The Atlantic Ocean”, in Edinburgh Review, volume CV, number CCXIV, page 371
    Synonyms:
    sea mammal

Questions about marine mammals

What is marine mammals the plural of?
Marine mammals is the plural of marine mammal.

Words near marine mammals in the dictionary

  1. marine league
  2. marine leagues
  3. marine leg
  4. marine legs
  5. marine mammal
  6. marine mammals
  7. marine metal
  8. marine mucilage
  9. marine mucilages
  10. marine otter
  11. marine otters

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