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mammalian [muh-mey-lee-uh n, -meyl-yuh n] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for mammalian on Thesaurus.com noun
- an animal of the class Mammalia; mammal.
adjective
- belonging or pertaining to the class Mammalia; characteristic of mammals.
Origin of mammalian 1825–35; New Latin Mammali(a) (see mammal) + -an Related formsmam·mal·i·ty [muh-mal-i-tee] /məˈmæl ɪ ti/, nounnon·mam·ma·li·an, noun, adjectiveun·mam·ma·li·an, adjective Related Words for mammalian natural, bodily, wild, brute, mammalian, beastly, bestial, corporeal, earthly, earthy, feral, fleshy, muscular, physical, sensual, untamed, brutish, zoological Examples from the Web for mammalian Contemporary Examples of mammalian
Just like Dracula, Bill Compton, and Edward Cullen, adult ticks live vampirically on mammalian blood.
Cases of New Tick-Borne Illness, Heartland Virus, Grow
Kent Sepkowitz
April 2, 2014
Mammalian cellular metabolism, aka the basic rules of being alive on planet Earth, runs best at a pH between 7.38 and 7.42.
Alkalinizing Someone to Improve His or Her Health Is Simple-Minded, Fatuous, and Dangerous
Kent Sepkowitz
January 29, 2014
Plus, what about the mammalian issues standing up so long might create: the need to eat and drink a nourishing balanced diet?
Kent Sepkowitz
September 26, 2013
In contrast, a mammalian infant depends on the separation cry for succor and security.
Michael Trimble
January 10, 2013
Historical Examples of mammalian
And we have seen the sudden increase of mammalian life in Tertiary times.
E. A. Allen
Mammalian bones are also plentifully distributed in the Danish kitchen-middens.
Louis Figuier
No other mammalian baby is so much of a baby and yet comes so near to being no baby at all.
Dallas Lore Sharp
No associated implements or remains of mammalian skeletons are recorded.
W. L. H. Duckworth
He also considers that the mammalian scaphoid represents a centrale.
Sidney H. Reynolds
Word Origin and History for mammalian adj.