mammal
nounUK /ˈmæm.əl/
US /ˈmæm.əl/
A mammal is a warm animal with hair that drinks milk from its mother when it is a baby.
A dog is a mammal, and so is a whale.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. A class of warm-blooded animals that have hair or fur and feed their young with milk.
Scientists group humans, bats, and dolphins together as mammals.
3. Any animal of the group Mammalia, including people, dogs, and whales.
The zoo has a special house for small mammals like rabbits and mice.
4. A person or animal thought of as a type of creature in a general sense.
In the story, every mammal in the forest came to the meeting.