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mammalia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mammalia has 1 sense
- mammalia(n = noun.animal) class mammalia - warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female; Array is a member of craniata, subphylum craniata, subphylum vertebrata, vertebrata
is a kind of class
CIDE DICTIONARY
mammalia, n. pl. [NL., from L. mammalis. See Mammal.].
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]
DEVIL DICTIONARY
mammalia
n.pl. A family of vertebrate animals whose females in a state of nature suckle their young, but when civilized and enlightened put them out to nurse, or use the bottle.
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