mammifère

Definitions of mammifère
  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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    protothériens
    primitive oviparous mammals found only in Australia and Tasmania and New Guinea
    métathériens
    primitive pouched mammals found mainly in Australia and the Americas
    euthérien, mammifère euthérien, mammifère placentère
    mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
    monotrème
    the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria
    marsupial
    mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried
    cheptel, souche
    any animals kept for use or profit
    chevreuil, daim
    mature male of various mammals (especially deer or antelope)
    biche
    mature female of mammals of which the male is called `buck'
    insectivore
    small insect-eating mainly nocturnal terrestrial or fossorial mammals
    mammifère aquatique
    whales and dolphins; manatees and dugongs; walruses; seals
    carnivore
    a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal
    chauve-souris
    nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
    lagomorphes
    relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing
    rongeur
    relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
    ongulé
    any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically
    lemming, porc-épic
    any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
    pachyderme
    any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin: elephant; rhinoceros; hippopotamus
    édenté
    primitive terrestrial mammal with few if any teeth; of tropical Central America and South America
    primate
    any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight and flexible hands and feet
    proboscidiens
    massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk
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    vertebré
    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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