mammiferous
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of mammiferous
Example Sentences
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Its flesh, when salted and dried in the sun, can be preserved a whole year; and, as the clergy regard this mammiferous animal as a fish, it is much sought during Lent.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von
All domestic mammiferous animals introduced into America have become more numerous than the indigenous animals.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 397, November 7, 1829 by Various
South America; of their standing perfectly insulated, and exhibiting all the characters of a creation entirely distinct, and, except as to the general character of mammiferous quadrupeds, perfectly of its own kind.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 572, October 20, 1832 by Various
Most of the mammiferous animals walk on four feet, which, at the extremities, are usually divided into toes or fingers.
From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)
They may be said to stand perfectly insulated; they exhibit all the characters of a creation entirely distinct, and except as to the general characters of mammiferous quadrupeds, perfectly of their own kind.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 559, July 28, 1832 by Various
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