mammal
mam.mal \'mam-*l\ \m*-'ma--le--*n, ma-'ma--, -'ma-l-y*n\ n [deriv. of LL mammalis of the breast, fr. L mamma breast] : any of a class (Mammalia) of higher vertebrates comprising man and all o ther animals that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands and have the skin usu. more or less covered with hair - mam.ma.lian ajor ;n