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Webster 1913 Edition

Mammifer

Mam′mi-fer

,
Noun.
[NL. See
Mammiferous
.]
(Zool.)
A mammal. See
Mammalia
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mammifer

MAM'MIFER

,
Noun.
[L. mamma, the breast, and fero, to bear.]
An animal which has breasts for nourishing its young. The mammifers have a double system of circulation, red and warm blood; the fetus is nourished in the matrix by means of one or more placentas, and the young by milk secreted by the breasts.

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