Standard Lemma guide

mammalian

adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /məˈmeɪl.jən/
  • US: /məˈmeɪ.li.ən/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: M AH0 M EY1 L IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: M AH0 M EY1 L Y AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, or pertaining to, mammals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mammallike, mammiferous, mammalian

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Like a mammal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any mammal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

of or relating to the class Mammalia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mammal

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vertebrate, craniate

Narrower terms: female mammal, tusker, prototherian, metatherian, placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal, fossorial mammal

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English mammal Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English mammalian From mammal + -ian.

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 哺乳動物的 /哺乳动物的 (bǔrǔ dòngwù de) — of, or pertaining to, mammals
  • Czech: savčí — of, or pertaining to, mammals
  • Finnish: nisäkäs- — of, or pertaining to, mammals
  • Finnish: nisäkkäiden — of, or pertaining to, mammals
  • French: mammalien — of, or pertaining to, mammals
  • Georgian: ძუძუმწოვრისებრი (ʒuʒumc̣ovrisebri) — of, or pertaining to, mammals
  • Georgian: ძუძუმწოვრებთან დაკავშირებული (ʒuʒumc̣ovrebtan daḳavširebuli) — of, or pertaining to, mammals
  • Georgian: ძუძუმწოვრული (ʒuʒumc̣ovruli) — of, or pertaining to, mammals
  • Italian: mammifero — of, or pertaining to, mammals
  • Occitan: mammalian — of, or pertaining to, mammals
  • Russian: относя́щийся к млекопита́ющим (otnosjáščijsja k mlekopitájuščim) — of, or pertaining to, mammals
  • Chinese Mandarin: 像哺乳動物一樣的 /像哺乳动物一样的 (xiàng bǔrǔ dòngwù yīyàng de) — like a mammal
  • Finnish: nisäkäsmäinen — like a mammal
  • Georgian: ძუძუმწოვრული (ʒuʒumc̣ovruli) — like a mammal
  • Georgian: ძუძუმწოვრისებრი (ʒuʒumc̣ovrisebri) — like a mammal
  • Russian: как млекопита́ющее (kak mlekopitájuščeje) — like a mammal