Meaning of mammal in English

(Definition of mammal from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of mammal from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of mammal

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Studies on plants, invertebrates, lower vertebrates, mammals and humans at the molecular and cellular levels will be accepted.
Studies on plants, invertebrates, lower vertebrates, mammals and humans at the molecular and cellular levels are accepted, leading to a unique multidisciplinary publication.
The object recognition behaviour shown by mammals is not expected to be either equivalent to, or even to be a draft of, this human ability.
This raises the possibility that the claustrum may have arisen with the common ancestor of placental and marsupial mammals.
Tapir tracks were second only to red brocket deer in terms of terrestrial mammal track densities.
This would imply that infracommunities in fish, bird and mammals share a fundamental similarity, that of random assembly.
The contralateral component of lemnothalamic-pallial projections (present to a substantial degree in amphibians, birds and reptiles, and, to a minor degree, in mammals) is omitted.
One interesting protein is calreticulin, a calcium-binding protein that, in mammals, is normally located in the endoplasmic reticulum.
For example, vision is distributed over half the cortex and polysensory and association areas are the hallmarks of cortical organization in mammals and especially primates.
In addition, local expertise contributes to evaluating the impacts of such change on marine mammal habitat and behaviour, hunting success, hunting safety, and food security.
Note that in mammals, the ability to migrate past layers of preexisting cells developed among these early components.
Other mammals have only rigid, species-specific, limbic vocalizations.
However, it seems unlikely that marine mammals would have the opportunity to ingest such fish with any frequency.
The thalamopallial (thalamocortical) circuitry reaches its apogee in mammals, but components are present in all vertebrates, with birds apparently having the most mammal-like circuitry.
Studies on plants, invertebrates, lower vertebrates, mammals and humans at the molecular and cellular levels will be accepted, leading to a unique multidisciplinary publication.
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Collocations with mammal

mammal

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aquatic mammal
This herbivorous aquatic mammal lives in rivers, springs and shallow coastal waters.
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carnivorous mammals
This species is one of the oldest carnivorous mammals that can be traced all the way to present day carnivorous mammals.
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female mammal
It seems likely that female hominins, like female mammals in general, had evolved for some functions more advanced brains than their male counterparts.
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Translations of mammal

in Chinese (Traditional)
哺乳動物…
in Chinese (Simplified)
哺乳动物…
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mamífero, mamífero/ra [masculine-feminine, singular]…
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mamífero, mamífero [masculine]…
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सस्तन प्राणी, ज्या प्राण्यांच्या माद्या आपल्या पिल्लांना स्वतःचे दूध पाजतात. बहुतेक सर्व सस्तन प्राणी अंडी न घालता पिल्लांना जन्म देतात.…
ほ乳類, 哺乳類(ほにゅうるい)…
memeli hayvan…
mammifère [masculine], mammifère…
mamífer…
zoogdier…
எந்த விலங்குகளில் ஒரு பெண் தன் குட்டிகளுக்கு தன் உடலில் இருந்து பால் கொடுக்கிறது. பெரும்பாலான பாலூட்டிகள் முட்டைககளில் இருந்து வந்ததல்ல, குட்டிகளை ஈன்றெடுக்கின்றன…
स्तनपायी…
સસ્તનપ્રાણી…
pattedyr…
däggdjur…
mamalia…
das Säugetier…
pattedyr [neuter], pattedyr…
ممالیہ, دودھ پینے والے جانور, پستان دار جانور…
ссавець…
క్షీరదం / తన పిల్లలకు తన శరీరం నుండి పాలు ఇచ్చే ఏదైనా ఆడ జాతి. చాలా క్షీరదాలు గుడ్లు పెట్టవు, చిన్నపిల్లలకు జన్మనిస్తాయి.…
স্তন্যপায়ী…
savec…
mamalia…
สัตว์เลี้ยงลูกด้วยนม…
động vật có vú…
ssak…
포유류…
mammifero…
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