Mammal

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.2.1 Hyphenation 1.3 Noun 1.4 Related terms 1.5 Derived terms 1.6 Translations

English

Etymology

Latin mammalis "mammarial ", derived from mamma "breast".

Pronunciation

	IPA	SAMPA
GenAm	/ˈmæməl/	/"m{m@l/

Hyphenation

mam·mal

Noun

mammal (plural: mammals )

1. An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and feeding milk to its young.
2. A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.

Related terms

• mammarial
• mammary

Derived terms

• mammalian

Translations

• Bosnian: sisavac m
• Bulgarian: бозайник (bozajnik) m
• Catalan: mamífer
• Chinese: 哺乳類 (bǔrǔlèi)
• Czech: savec m
• Danish: pattedyr
• Dutch: zoogdier n
• Esperanto: mamulo
• Farsi: پستاندار (pestandar )
• Finnish: nisäkäs , imettäväinen (old-fashioned)
• French: mammifère m
• German: Säugetier n
• Greek: θηλαστικά (thilastika) ((el)
• Guarani: okambúva
• Hebrew: יונק
• Ido: mamifero
• Indonesian: mamalia , hewan menyusui
• Interlingua: mammifero, mammal
• Italian: mammifero m
• Japanese: 哺乳類 (ほにゅうるい , honyūrui)
• Latin: mammalis , mammalia
• Latvian: zīdītājs m
• Lithuanian: žinduolis m
• Norwegian: pattedyr
• Polish: ssak m
• Portuguese: mamífero
• Romanian: mamifer n
• Russian: млекопитающее (mlekopitajushchee) n
• Slovak: cicavec m
• Slovene: sesalec m
• Spanish: mamífero m
• Swedish: däggdjur n
• Tupinambá: okambúba'e