Säugetier

Definitions of Säugetier
  1. noun
    any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk
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    mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
    Eileger, Kloakentier
    the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria
    Beuteltier
    mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried
    Nutztier
    any animals kept for use or profit
    Bock
    mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
    Insektenfresser, Kerbtierfresser
    small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals
    Fledermaus
    nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
    Nagetier
    relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
    Huftier
    any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically
    Zahnarmer Primat
    primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America
    Schuppentier
    toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
    Herrentier, Primat
    any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet
    Rüsseltier
    massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk
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    Wirbeltier
    animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
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