mammal

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n. 哺乳动物 [化] 哺乳动物

发音

US /ˈmæməl/

词形变化

mammals 复数 mammals

教材释义与例句

名词

哺乳动物

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and producing milk with which to feed its young.

    哺乳类

    哺乳动物

  2. 2.

    A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.

    生物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

mammalian

上位词 2

vertebrate craniate

下位词 5

eutherian metatherian placental prototherian tusker

部分词 4

hair coat pelage pilus

相关短语

crown mammal marine mammal sea mammal stem mammal

词源

From Modern Latin Mammalia, coined 1758 by Linnaeus for the class of mammals, from neuter plural of Late Latin mammalis (“of the breast”), from Latin mamma (“breast”), perhaps cognate with mamma (mother).

来源：wiktionary