MAMMALIAN Synonyms
There are 6 hypernyms of the word mammalian. (close relations)
Definition of MAMMALIAN
Best Alternative Words for MAMMALIAN
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animal | nounn | |||||||
noun • a living organism characterized by voluntary movement adjective satellite • marked by the appetites and passions of the body | ||||||||
creature | nounn | |||||||
noun • a living organism characterized by voluntary movement • a living being • a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else | ||||||||
eutherian | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to or belonging to the subclass Eutheria noun • mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials | ||||||||
live-bearer | nounn | |||||||
noun • small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters; often used in mosquito control | ||||||||
marsupial | nounn | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to the marsupials noun • mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried | ||||||||
vertebrate | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • having a backbone or spinal column noun • animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium | ||||||||
warm-blooded | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • having warm blood (in animals whose body temperature is internally regulated) | ||||||||
monodelphian | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
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mammal | nounn | |||||||
noun • any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk |