| NOUN | animal | class Mammalia, Mammalia | warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female |
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| Meaning | warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female. | |
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| Synonym | Mammalia | |
| Member of | Vertebrata, subphylum Vertebrata, Craniata, subphylum Craniata | fishes |
| Members | Eutheria, subclass Eutheria | All mammals except monotremes and marsupials |
| Metatheria, subclass Metatheria | pouched animals | |
| Pantotheria, subclass Pantotheria | generalized extinct mammals widespread during the Jurassic | |
| Prototheria, subclass Prototheria | Echidnas | |
| Unguiculata | In former classifications a major division of Mammalia comprising mammals with nails or claws | |
| Ungulata | In former classifications a major division of Mammalia comprising all hoofed mammals | |
| mammal, mammalian | Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair | |
| young mammal | Any immature mammal | |
| Broader | class | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders |
| Spanish | mamíferos | |
| Catalan | Mammalia | |
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