Used in a Sentence

mammal

How to use mammal in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for mammal.

Editorial note

We are the only one among about 5500 known mammal species who do it.

Examples14
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

any 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

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of mammal gathered in one view.

noun

any 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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for mammal.

noun

any 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

Example sentences

1

We are the only one among about 5500 known mammal species who do it.

2

A sheep is a large mammal, so I'll assume that it has a gestation period around 9 months.

3

What they ought to do, of course, is what any ordinary mammal does when their offspring goes too far - smack them.

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But from the zoo keepers I've met, that mammal breakdown is true for most of the felines and primates as well.

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I'm a mammal, I can afford coats, scarves, cappuccino and rosy cheeked women"Bill Hicks

6

What does an octopus, which has a nervous system entirely unlike a mammal or fish, feel when going about their day?

7

Ponder this question: what other mammals in the whole animal kingdom drink their water together with their solid meals?

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The largest reversibly-cryopreserved chunk of mammal so far has been a rabbit kidney.

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I'm more bullish on the web being around 100 years from now in some recognizable form than I am on quite a few nation states or species of mammal.

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No mammal simply hoards every calorie it can get without homeostatic feedback.

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Surely I can write a blog post in which I link directly to the methods section of this famous work, which contains the first-ever working recipe for cloning an entire mammal?

12

I like beef, but I sympathize for a fellow mammal and think of the enormous amounts of diverted water and fertilizer runoff that goes in to producing feed.

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They're effectively intelligent rational agents without the natural mammal-evolved desire to benefit the group -- they only seek to benefit the self.

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And for the love of god, do not give out modelling assignments where "Human inherits mammal" is an answer.- DO start with collections: Vector, List, Stack etc. are easy to implement and showcase the virtues of encapsulating.- DO teach polymorphism, but only in terms of interface inheritance.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use mammal in a sentence?

We are the only one among about 5500 known mammal species who do it.

What does mammal mean?

any 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

What part of speech is mammal?

mammal is commonly used as noun.