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mammal

 
/ˈmæm·əl/ n [C]

Definition

biology any animal in which the female gives birth to babies, not eggs, and feeds them on milk from her own body
(Definition of mammal n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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