mammals
Meaning
of Mammal
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
Phrases with the word
Examples
Most of our ancestors were not perfect ladies and gentlemen. The majority of them weren't even mammals.
Warm-bloodedness is one of the key factors that have enabled mammals to conquer the Earth, and to develop the most complex bodies in the animal kingdom. In this series, we will travel the world to discover just how varied and how astonishing mammals are.
Mammals of every species indulge in play. Games are Nature's way of preparing us to face difficult realities.
Animal liberationists do not separate out the human animal, so there is no rational basis for saying that a human being has special rights. A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. They're all mammals.
"Consciousness,” according to current scientific thought, was something the higher mammals had evolved in order to help them reproduce, much the way a garden slug secretes slime. It had no special ontological status. The "self” was a genetically modulated and biologically useful illusion.
Spiders so large they appear to be wearing the pelts of small mammals.