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  • noun Plural form of mammal.

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Examples

  • Warm-blooded is what we call mammals and birds, but really what they have is the ability to keep their temperature constant, regardless of the outside temperature.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • Warm-blooded is what we call mammals and birds, but really what they have is the ability to keep their temperature constant, regardless of the outside temperature.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • The neurocortical column (NCC) is the basic unit of the neocortex, which in mammals is responsible for higher brain functions and thought.

    Be safe out there! ewillett 2009

  • We say that mammals is contained within vertebrates.

    A Disclaimer for Behe? 2009

  • Yes | No | Report from Elmer Fudd wrote 31 weeks 6 days ago only mammals is correct. the easy one.

    Might ask a series of questions on rabies. No looking up the answer! 2009

  • This entirely new level of dosage regulation in mammals was not realized until 2000, even though miRNAs were first discovered in 1993.

    2009 MacArthur Fellows: Lin He and Beth Shapiro Peggy 2009

  • We say that mammals is contained within vertebrates.

    A Disclaimer for Behe? 2009

  • Among other things it stated that high doses for Atrazine were required for any toxic effects on mammals. 86% of atrazine consumed by mammals is excreted in the first 72 hours.

    How much atrazine, from forest to faucet? (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • It is rampant in mammals, where one male in a group will exclusively mate with the females and attack the weaker males.

    Contentment 2009

  • Work on the chicken RSV was extended to similar viruses in mammals, so that many researchers at that time believed that RT activity was a new, highly sensitive tool for detecting similar viruses in human leukaemia and cancer.

    Luc Montagnier - Autobiography 2009

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