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mamífero

Definitions of mamífero
  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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    Lucy
    incomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974
    types:
    mamífera
    animals that nourish their young with milk
    metaterio
    primitive pouched mammals found mainly in Australia and the Americas
    placentario
    mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
    marsupial
    mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried
    estirpe, ganado, linaje
    any animals kept for use or profit
    toro
    mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
    vaca
    mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull'
    corza, gama
    mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'
    insectívoro
    small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals
    carnívoro
    a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal
    fisípedo
    in some classifications considered a suborder of Carnivora
    oso hormiguero
    nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
    murciélago, quiróptero
    nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
    lagomorfo
    relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing
    roedor
    relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
    ungulado
    any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically
    unguiculado
    a mammal having nails or claws
    paquidermo
    any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus
    desdentado
    primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America
    pangolín
    toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites
    primate
    any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet
    musaraña
    insectivorous arboreal mammal of southeast Asia that resembles a squirrel with large eyes and long sharp snout
    lemúrido
    arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps
    proboscídeo
    massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk
    plantígrado
    an animal that walks with the entire sole of the foot touching the ground as e.g. bears and human beings
    digitígrado
    an animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground as e.g. dogs and cats and horses
    type of:
    vertebrado
    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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