Definition of Mammifer

1. n. A mammal. See Mammalia.

Definition of Mammifer

1. Noun. (obsolete) mammal. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mammifer

1. a mammal [n -S] - See also: mammal

Medical Definition of Mammifer

1. A mammal. See Mammalia. Origin: NL. See Mammiferous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mammifer

mammee apples
mammee tree
mammees
mammer
mammered
mammering
mammers
mammery
mammet
mammetry
mammets
mammey
mammeys
mammie
mammies
mammifer (current term)
mammiferous
mammifers
mammiform
mammil-
mammilated
mammilla
mammillae
mammillaplasty
mammillaria
mammillaries
mammillariform
mammillary
mammillary bodies
mammillary body

Literary usage of Mammifer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"... footprints of birds and reptiles in the valley of the Connecticut—Antiquity of the Red Sandstone containing them—Triassic mammifer of North Carolina, ..."

2. A Manual of Elementary Geology; Or, The Ancient Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1865)
"... footprints of birds and reptiles in the valley of the Connecticut—Antiquity of the Red Sandstone containing them—Triassic mammifer of North Carolina. ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"[< NL. mammifer, < L. mamma, breast, + ferre = E. bear1.] Having mammae ; .being a mammifer ; of or pertaining to the ..."

4. Principles of Geology, Or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and Its by Charles Lyell (1892)
"... met with to a marsupial, Professor Owen pointed out that the extinct genus to which it belonged had considerable affinity to an Australian mammifer, ..."

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