mammal

mam-mal · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A warm-blooded vertebrate animal that has hair or fur, secretes milk, and typically gives birth to live young.

Forms

plural: mammals

Related words

See also: animal, reptile, vertebrate

Etymology

From scientific Latin Mammalia, from Latin mamma ("breast"), referring to the mammary glands used to nurse young.