"mammalian" meaning in English

See mammalian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /məˈmeɪl.jən/ [US], /məˈmeɪ.li.ən/ [US] Audio: En-us-mammalian.ogg [US] Forms: more mammalian [comparative], most mammalian [superlative]
Etymology: From mammal + -ian. Etymology templates: {{af|en|mammal|-ian}} mammal + -ian Head templates: {{en-adj}} mammalian (comparative more mammalian, superlative most mammalian)
  1. of, or pertaining to, mammals Translations (of, or pertaining to, mammals): 哺乳動物的 (Chinese Mandarin), 哺乳动物的 (bǔrǔ dòngwù de) (Chinese Mandarin), savčí (Czech), nisäkäs- (Finnish), nisäkkäiden (Finnish), mammalien (French), ძუძუმწოვრისებრი (ʒuʒumc̣ovrisebri) (Georgian), ძუძუმწოვრებთან დაკავშირებული (ʒuʒumc̣ovrebtan daḳavširebuli) (Georgian), ძუძუმწოვრული (ʒuʒumc̣ovruli) (Georgian), okambúva (Guaraní), mammifero (Italian), mammalian [masculine] (Occitan), относя́щийся к млекопита́ющим (otnosjáščijsja k mlekopitájuščim) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-mammalian-en-adj-pAGX-Vri Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 1 46 Disambiguation of 'of, or pertaining to, mammals': 94 6
  2. like a mammal Categories (topical): Zoology Translations (like a mammal): 像哺乳動物一樣的 (Chinese Mandarin), 像哺乳动物一样的 (xiàng bǔrǔ dòngwù yīyàng de) (Chinese Mandarin), nisäkäsmäinen (Finnish), ძუძუმწოვრული (ʒuʒumc̣ovruli) (Georgian), ძუძუმწოვრისებრი (ʒuʒumc̣ovrisebri) (Georgian), как млекопита́ющее (kak mlekopitájuščeje) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-mammalian-en-adj-jt70WWt2 Disambiguation of Zoology: 10 41 49 Disambiguation of 'like a mammal': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: animalian Hyponyms: human Derived forms: mammalian meat allergy, mammaliferous, neomammalian, paleomammalian

Noun

IPA: /məˈmeɪl.jən/ [US], /məˈmeɪ.li.ən/ [US] Audio: En-us-mammalian.ogg [US] Forms: mammalians [plural]
Etymology: From mammal + -ian. Etymology templates: {{af|en|mammal|-ian}} mammal + -ian Head templates: {{en-noun}} mammalian (plural mammalians)
  1. Any mammal. Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-mammalian-en-noun-qWjscvpL Disambiguation of Zoology: 10 41 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ian Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 1 46 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 29 1 70 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ian: 20 0 80

Inflected forms

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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/En-us-mammalian.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
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}

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