mammiferous
having mammae; mammalian.
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The vesicle corresponds to the vesicle, or germinal spot, in the eggs of birds, and ovum of mammiferous animals.
The $100 Prize Essay on the Cultivation of the Potato; and How to Cook the Potato | D. H. Compton and Pierre BlotIn standard works on natural history the animals under consideration are classed as mammiferous Didelphæ.
The World Before the Deluge | Louis FiguierAll domestic mammiferous animals introduced into America have become more numerous than the indigenous animals.
But the remarkable fossils for which the Stonesfield slate is most celebrated, are those referred to the mammiferous class.
A Manual of Elementary Geology | Charles Lyell.The creative fiat went forth, and the mammiferous animals,—cattle and beasts of the earth,—came into existence.
The Testimony of the Rocks | Hugh Miller
British Dictionary definitions for mammiferous
/ (mæˈmɪfərəs) /
having breasts or mammae
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