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Webster 1913 Edition

Mammal

Mam′mal

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Mammals

(#)

.

[L.

mammalis

belonging to the breast, fr.

mamma

the breast or pap: cf. F.

mammal

.]

(Zool.)

One of the Mammalia.

Age of mammals

.

See under

,

Noun.

, 8.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mammal

MAM'MAL

,

Noun.

[L.mamma, the breast.]

In zoology, an animal that suckles its young. [See Mammifer.]