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Mammalia

Mammalia Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Mammalia? [n] warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female Synonyms \| Synonyms for Mammalia: class Mammalia Related Terms \| Find terms related to Mammalia: See Also \| class \| Craniata \| Eutheria \| mammal \| Metatheria \| Pantotheria \| Prototheria \| subclass Eutheria \| subclass Metatheria \| subclass Pantotheria \| subclass Prototheria \| subphylum Craniata \| subphylum Vertebrata \| Unguiculata \| Ungulata \| Vertebrata \| young mammal Mammalia In Webster's Dictionary \Mamma"lia\, n. pl. [NL., from L. mammalis. See {Mammal}.] (Zo["o]l.) The highest class of Vertebrata. The young are nourished for a time by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the mammary glands of the mother. Note: Mammalia are divided into three subclasses; -- I. {Placentalia}. This subclass embraces all the higher orders, including man. In these the fetus is attached to the uterus by a placenta. II. {Marsupialia}. In these no placenta is formed, and the young, which are born at an early state of development, are carried for a time attached to the teats, and usually protected by a marsupial pouch. The opossum, kangaroo, wombat, and koala are examples. III. {Monotremata}. In this group, which includes the genera {Echidna} and {Ornithorhynchus}, the female lays large eggs resembling those of a bird or lizard, and the young, which are hatched like those of birds, are nourished by a watery secretion from the imperfectly developed mamm[ae].

Mammalia Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mammalia?

[n] warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by mammary glands in the female

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mammalia: class Mammalia

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Mammalia In Webster's Dictionary

\Mam*ma"li*a\, n. pl. [NL., from L. mammalis. See
{Mammal}.] (Zo["o]l.)
The highest class of Vertebrata. The young are nourished for
a time by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the
mammary glands of the mother.

Note: Mammalia are divided into three subclasses; -- I.
      {Placentalia}. This subclass embraces all the higher
      orders, including man. In these the fetus is attached
      to the uterus by a placenta. II. {Marsupialia}. In
      these no placenta is formed, and the young, which are
      born at an early state of development, are carried for
      a time attached to the teats, and usually protected by
      a marsupial pouch. The opossum, kangaroo, wombat, and
      koala are examples. III. {Monotremata}. In this group,
      which includes the genera {Echidna} and
      {Ornithorhynchus}, the female lays large eggs
      resembling those of a bird or lizard, and the young,
      which are hatched like those of birds, are nourished by
      a watery secretion from the imperfectly developed
      mamm[ae].

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