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mammal

noun
/ˈmæməl/US

Etymology

From Modern Latin Mammalia, coined 1758 by Linnaeus for the class of mammals, from neuter plural of Late Latin mammalis (“of the breast”), from Latin mamma (“breast”), perhaps cognate with mamma (mother).

  1. derived from mamma — “breast”
  2. derived from mammalis — “of the breast”
  3. derived from Mammalia

Definitions

  1. A vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having…

    A vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having fur or hair and producing milk with which to feed their young.

  2. A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.

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Derived

crown mammal, macromammal, mammaldom, mammalial, mammalian, mammaliferous, mammality, mammalkind, mammallike, mammal-like reptile, mammalogy, mammaloid, mammalophagic, mammalophilic, marine mammal, megamammal, mesomammal, micromammal, neomammal, nonmammal, paleomammal, protomammal, sea mammal, stem mammal

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at mammal. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at mammal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at mammal

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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