† Mammiferan.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: Latin Mammifera.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Mammifera < classical Latin mamma mamma n. + -ifera , neuter plural of -ifer -ifer comb. form, after French mammifères, plural of mammifère mammifer n. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mæ̆mi·fĕră) /mæˈmɪfərə/.

Obsolete.

= Mammalia n.; (also mammifera) mammals.

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Mammalia1773

Mammifera1825

1825 Zool. Jrnl. 1 405 These three states of genital products require three distinct situations, which in the normal mammifera are found within the sexual canal.

1827 R. Jameson tr. G. Cuvier Ess. Theory Earth (ed. 5) 294 Among all these mammifera..there has not been a single quadrumanous animal.

1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 539/1 The endolymph is in birds as limpid as in the Mammifera.

1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) A Family..of the Mammifera.

1887 A. M. Brown Treat. Animal Alkaloids i. iv. 36 Putrescine..is obtained from the flesh of the mammifera and herring brines.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	mammifera
释义	† Mammiferan. Origin: A borrowing from Latin; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: Latin Mammifera. Etymology: < scientific Latin Mammifera < classical Latin mamma mamma n. + -ifera , neuter plural of -ifer -ifer comb. form, after French mammifères, plural of mammifère mammifer n. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mæ̆mi·fĕră) /mæˈmɪfərə/. Obsolete. = Mammalia n.; (also mammifera) mammals. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > [noun] Mammalia1773 Mammifera1825 1825 Zool. Jrnl. 1 405 These three states of genital products require three distinct situations, which in the normal mammifera are found within the sexual canal. 1827 R. Jameson tr. G. Cuvier Ess. Theory Earth (ed. 5) 294 Among all these mammifera..there has not been a single quadrumanous animal. 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 539/1 The endolymph is in birds as limpid as in the Mammifera. 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) A Family..of the Mammifera. 1887 A. M. Brown Treat. Animal Alkaloids i. iv. 36 Putrescine..is obtained from the flesh of the mammifera and herring brines. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1825
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