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mammal
Etymologically, mammal denotes an "animal that suckles its young". The word is a derivative of mammalia, the term for that whole class of animals, coined by the Swedish naturalist Linnaeus from Latin mammalis "of the breast", which has been traced back to a prehistoric Indo-European element mamma.
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mammo-, mamm-, mammi-
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One of two families of large aquatic carnivorous mammals: Cetacean mammals have flipper-like forelimbs, no hind limbs, but paddle shaped tails. The Cetacean mammals include whales, dolphins, porpoises, and narwhals.
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-aceous, -acea, -aceae, -aceaen, -aceus
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ceto-, cet-, -cete, -ceti
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digitigrade mammal
An animal that walks so that only the toes touch the ground; such as, dogs and cats and horses.
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grad-, -grade, -gred, -gree, -gress
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