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female mammal

/ˌfiˈmeɪl ˌmæməl/
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Other forms: female mammals

Definitions of female mammal
  1. noun
    animals that nourish their young with milk
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    type of:
    female
    an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
    mammal, mammalian
    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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