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nonmammalian

  • a word derived from mammalian.
    mammalian
    noun
    an animal of the class Mammalia; mammal.

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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