mammals

1. A class of vertebrates characterized by the production of milk by the females and in most cases, by a hairy body covering. Most mammals give live birth to their young. Human beings are mammals.

Example Sentences

Overwhelmed by these exotic sights, this visitor completely overlooked the presence of small, shrew-like mammals—the very creatures whose descendants would, eventually, inherit the earth.

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That made them vulnerable to the mammals that arrived with European settlers in the 19th century.

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“My main goal was to spread awareness about the laws and protecting our beloved marine mammals here,” she said, “not to have this whole $20,000-reward-if-you-find-him-type thing.”

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They had previously been characterized as entirely herbivorous, like gorillas, Goodall observed them hunting, killing and eating small mammals such as bush pigs and colobus monkeys, by any standard a complicated collaborative enterprise.

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The hoops are a danger to the mammals because they can get stuck around their necks, with often fatal results.

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Related Words

• beast 
• creature 
• vertebrate