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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.

Definition 2024


mammifer

mammifer

English

Noun

mammifer (plural mammifers)

  1. (obsolete) mammal.