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mam·mal
 mammal
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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
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noun |
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a warm-blooded animal with fur or hair on its skin and a skeleton inside its body. Mammal mothers produce milk to feed their babies. Most mammals have four legs or two arms and two legs. Dogs, cows, elephants, mice, whales, and humans are all mammals.
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animal, beast, brute |
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mammalian (adj.), mammalian (n.) |
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broader categories that include mammals |
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animal, vertebrate |
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characteristics of some mammals |
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aquatic, domestic, furry, hairy, nocturnal, solitary, warm-blooded, wild |
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parts of some mammals |
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nipple, udder |
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produced by mammals |
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fur, meat, milk |
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some kinds of mammals |
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carnivore, herbivore, insectivore |
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some examples of mammals |
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aardvark, alpaca, anteater, antelope, armadillo, ass, badger, bat, bear, bison, blue whale, boar, bobcat, buffalo, camel, canine, caribou, cat, cattle, cetacean, chimpanzee, chinchilla, coyote, deer, dingo, dog, dolphin, donkey, dormouse, elephant, elk, feline, ferret, fox, gazelle, gibbon, giraffe, gnu, goat, gorilla, guinea pig, hamster, hare, hedgehog, hippopotamus, hog, horse, human, hyena, impala, jackal, jaguar, kangaroo, koala, lemming, leopard, lion, llama, lynx, manatee, marsupial, mink, mole, mongoose, monkey, moose, mountain lion, mouse, musk ox, nutria, ocelot, orangutan, otter, panda, panther, peccary, pig, pinniped, platypus, polecat, porcupine, porpoise, primate, puma, rabbit, raccoon, rat, reindeer, rhinoceros, rodent, sable, sea lion, seal, sheep, shrew, skunk, sloth, sperm whale, tapir, Tasmanian devil, tiger, walrus, weasel, whale, white-tailed deer, wolf, wolverine, wombat, yak, zebra |
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some female mammals |
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cow, doe, ewe, lioness, mare, sow |
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some groups of mammals |
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band, colony, drove, flock, herd, litter, pack, troop |
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some male mammals |
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boar, buck, bull, ram, stag, stallion, steer, stud |
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some prehistoric mammals |
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mammoth, saber-toothed tiger |
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some young mammals |
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bunny, calf, colt, cub, fawn, filly, foal, heifer, kid, kitten, lamb, pup |
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