noun
mammal
MAM-ul/ˈmæml/
A warm-blooded animal with a backbone whose females produce milk to feed their young.
The mother cat feeds her kittens with milk, as a mammal does.
Etymology
The pieces mean “of the breast,” pointing to the defining feature behind the animal class: mothers feed their young with milk from mammary glands.
In context
renet is the juices of the stomach it's the enzymes with which the young mammal and it happens in any mammal including ourselves separate their mother's milk into a solid and a liquid
More examples
- Bats are the only mammals capable of sustained flight.
- This tiny mammal stays warm beneath its thick fur.
- Unlike most mammals, the platypus lays eggs.
Forms
mammal · mammals
mammalian adjective — Relating to mammals or their characteristics.