mammals

Cultural  

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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Example Sentences

Since then, the site has produced fossils of turtles, lizards, and mammals, along with many snake remains, including some that have played an important role in paleontology.

From Science Daily

Icebergs colliding and the chatter of marine mammals generate sounds that complicate submarine detection.

From The Wall Street Journal

They weren’t allowed to experiment with mammals, including rats, so they isolated tissue samples from anglerfish, the carnivorous bottom-feeders with razor sharp teeth.

From The Wall Street Journal

Covering just 2.5 square kilometres, the island has no native land mammals, which means any wolves found there must have been transported by people.

From Science Daily

Last year, the government added bears to the list of animals subject to population control, reversing protection that had helped the mammals thrive.

From Barron's

Related Words

• beast
• creature
• vertebrate