mammalian
[muh-mey-lee-uh n, -meyl-yuh n]
- an animal of the class Mammalia; mammal.
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- belonging or pertaining to the class Mammalia; characteristic of mammals.
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Origin of mammalian
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Examples from the Web for mammalian
Contemporary Examples
Just like Dracula, Bill Compton, and Edward Cullen, adult ticks live vampirically on mammalian blood.
Mammalian cellular metabolism, aka the basic rules of being alive on planet Earth, runs best at a pH between 7.38 and 7.42.
Alkalinizing Someone to Improve His or Her Health Is Simple-Minded, Fatuous, and DangerousKent Sepkowitz
January 29, 2014
Plus, what about the mammalian issues standing up so long might create: the need to eat and drink a nourishing balanced diet?
In contrast, a mammalian infant depends on the separation cry for succor and security.
Historical Examples
And we have seen the sudden increase of mammalian life in Tertiary times.
The Prehistoric WorldE. A. Allen
Mammalian bones are also plentifully distributed in the Danish kitchen-middens.
Primitive ManLouis Figuier
No other mammalian baby is so much of a baby and yet comes so near to being no baby at all.
WinterDallas Lore Sharp
No associated implements or remains of mammalian skeletons are recorded.
Prehistoric ManW. L. H. Duckworth
He also considers that the mammalian scaphoid represents a centrale.
The Vertebrate SkeletonSidney H. Reynolds
Word Origin and History for mammalian
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper