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- proper noun A taxonomic
class within thesubphylum Vertebrata — themammals .
Etymologies
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Examples
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* There are multiple different views on how the term Mammalia should be defined (Rowe & Gauthier 1992).
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Mammalia, which is very characteristic of the Australian fauna; and these are probably true natives of the Moluccas, since they are either of peculiar species, or if found elsewhere are natives only of New Guinea or North Australia.
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The first is called Mammalia, and consists of Quadrupeds and Whales; the second, Birds; third, Amphibia; fourth, Fishes; fifth, Insects; and sixth, Worms.
Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side Frances Bowyer Vaux
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Mammalia, which is very characteristic of the Australian fauna; and these are probably true natives of the Moluccas, since they are either of peculiar species, or if found elsewhere are natives only of New
The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 2 Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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Milk is obtained only from the class of animals called Mammalia, and is intended by Nature for the nourishment of their young.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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Milk is obtained only from the class of animals called Mammalia, and is intended by Nature for the nourishment of their young.
The Book of Household Management Isabella Mary 1861
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Of these the only arch recognized as occurring in the Mammalia was the zygomatic*
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How does the meaning of the scientific class-name of "Mammalia" differ from the unscientific of "Beasts"?
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How does the meaning of the scientific class-name of "Mammalia" differ from the unscientific of "Beasts"?
Archive 2005-05-01 2005
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I am very glad you have limed Flower for "Mammalia" and
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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