Mammalia
/məˈmeɪlɪə/ /maˈmeɪlɪə/Zoology
noun
(In form Mammalia; with plural or singular concord) the large class of vertebrate animals comprising the mammals; (treated as plural, also mammalia) vertebrates of this class (collectively or individually), mammals.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Encyclopaedia Britannica. From scientific Latin Mammalia (Linnaeus Systema Naturae (ed. 10, 1758) I. 14) from classical Latin mamma + -ālia, neuter plural of -ālis.
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