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mammals

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  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.


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This crossed arrangement is found in birds, mammals, and reptiles.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Although fish lack this pathway, scientists have identified it in amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Greenpeace added that bottom trawling could leave harbour porpoises, external, marine mammals which are found all over the UK's coast, with low fish stocks to feed on.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

Stumpf said the aquatic mammals were tracked throughout the day and first spotted by boats off the coast of Newport Beach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

But none of them pulled plows or wagons, none bore riders, none except dogs pulled sleds or became war machines, and none of them have been as important for food as have big domestic mammals.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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