Meanings
comparative more mammalian · superlative most mammalian
- Of, or pertaining to, mammals.
The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.
2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American ScientistSynonyms: mammallike, mammiferous, mammallike, mammiferous
- Like a mammal.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf, or pertaining to, mammals.
More synonyms by meaning
nounany 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinmamma
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinmammālis
- Latinmamma
- Englishmammal
- Englishmammalian
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 哺乳動物的 /哺乳动物的, 像哺乳動物一樣的 /像哺乳动物一样的
- 哺乳動物的 /哺乳动物的 (bǔrǔ dòngwù de)of, or pertaining to, mammals
- 像哺乳動物一樣的 /像哺乳动物一样的 (xiàng bǔrǔ dòngwù yīyàng de)like a mammal
Czech savčí
- savčíof, or pertaining to, mammals
Finnish nisäkäs-, nisäkkäiden
- nisäkäs-of, or pertaining to, mammals
- nisäkkäidenof, or pertaining to, mammals
- nisäkäsmäinenlike a mammal
French mammalien
- mammalienof, or pertaining to, mammals
Italian mammifero
- mammiferoof, or pertaining to, mammals
Russian относя́щийся к млекопита́ющим, как млекопита́ющее
- относя́щийся к млекопита́ющим (otnosjáščijsja k mlekopitájuščim)of, or pertaining to, mammals
- как млекопита́ющее (kak mlekopitájuščeje)like a mammal
Cite this entry
mammalian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mammalian
“mammalian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mammalian. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mammalian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mammalian.
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