mammal

IPA: mˈæmʌɫ

An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and producing milk with which to feed its young.
(paleontology) A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.

Examples of "mammal" in Sentences

The same sort of thing was true for the term mammal in the beginning.
Monotremes defy the English word mammal, which implies breasts, or at least nipples.
An ambassador for his imperiled species, the playful 12-year-old marine mammal is curious and energetic.
Bumblebee bat - World's smallest mammal is endangered in Thailand where it is known from a single national park.
For over two decades, I've been studying and writing about cetaceans, those whale and dolphin mammal cousins whose brain size, close-knit family societies, and communication skills rival our own.
Also the term mammal contains much more definitional weight than just "anything that has hair and is endothermic" there's the whole vertebrate thing and air breathing is right up there as well as living etc etc.
The act contains certain conditions for "exempt hunting" that allow the killing of wild mammals with the aid of dogs — if "as soon as possible after being found or flushed out the wild mammal is shot dead by a competent person."