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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In geology, bearing mammals; containing mammalian fossils, or the remains of Mammalia: as, mammaliferous strata.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Geol.) Containing mammalian remains; -- said of certain strata.

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  • adjective geology, archaic Containing mammalian remains.

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