mammiferous

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To define man as a mammiferous animal having two hands, or as a featherless biped, we feel to be absurd and incongruous, since there is no reference to the most salient characteristic of man, namely, his rationality.

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  1. from New Latin mammifer, from Latin mamma, breast, + ferre = English bear.
 

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/mæˈmɪfərəs/
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