mammiferous

American  

[ma-mif-er-uhs] / mæˈmɪf ər əs /

adjective

1. having mammae; mammalian.

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mammiferous British  

/ mæˈmɪfərəs /

adjective

1. having breasts or mammae

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Etymology

Origin of mammiferous

First recorded in 1795–1805; mamm(a) ² + -i- + -ferous

Example Sentences

She was a mother because she was mammiferous.

From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

We here see that the Pampean deposit contains mammiferous remains close to its base.

From Geological Observations on South America by Darwin, Charles

It only remains for me to say something of the mammiferous fauna of North and South America.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

The other, no way allied to fish except by living in the water, is a real mammiferous quadruped, the Trichechus Manati of naturalists, or the sea cow.--E.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 03 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

It remained perfectly indifferent when it was shown engravings of skeletons or heads of mammiferous animals.*

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von