mammalian
noun
an animal of the class Mammalia; mammal.
nonmammalian
-
a word derived from
mammalian.
Example Sentences
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Some researchers had previously speculated that nonmammalian synapsids, which include the famous sail-backed behemoth Dimetrodon, were also warm-blooded.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 20, 2022
What behaviors and dynamic homeostatic processes might be associated with the properties of red blood cells in mammalian and nonmammalian organisms?
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
There is also evidence that nonmammalian creatures with quite different brain structures possess a conscious self.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2021
When you add the viruses infecting nonmammalian animals, plants, terrestrial bacteria, and every other possible host, the total comes to … lots.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 14, 2021
But the reader gradually realizes that Mabel, with all her difficulty and alien, nonmammalian ways, is exactly what Macdonald needs.
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2019
