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| dam2 |
a female parent, esp. of a four-legged mammal. |
| diestrus |
in a female mammal, the time between two periods of sexual heat. |
| dog |
a four-legged furry canine mammal related to the wolf and fox, commonly used for a pet. [1/6 definitions] |
| duckbill |
a small Australian or Tasmanian mammal that lays eggs, lives in the water, and has a bill resembling that of ducks; platypus. |
| dugong |
a large herbivorous sea mammal found in the Indian Ocean that has flipperlike forelimbs and a tail resembling that of a whale. |
| edentate |
a mammal of the edentate group. [1/3 definitions] |
| ferret |
a North American mammal that resembles a weasel and is related to the European ferret. [1/5 definitions] |
| fetal |
of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an unborn young of a higher mammal, in the later stages of development. |
| giraffe |
a spotted, cud-chewing, four-footed African mammal with exceptionally long legs and neck. |
| grampus |
a marine mammal closely related to the dolphin. [1/2 definitions] |
| hippopotamus |
a very large, bulky, nearly hairless plant-eating African mammal that lives mostly in and close to water. |
| horse |
a large, four-legged mammal, having short hair, hoofs, a mane, and a long tail, domesticated and used for riding and heavy work. [1/10 definitions] |
| isotonic |
of or showing equal osmotic pressure, esp. salt solutions with an osmotic pressure equal to that of mammal blood. [1/2 definitions] |
| mammoth |
a very large extinct mammal related to and resembling the elephant, that lived in the Northern Hemisphere. [1/2 definitions] |
| meerkat |
a small mammal with gray and tan fur, related to the mongoose and native to South Africa. |
| milk |
to extract milk from the udder of (a female mammal). [2/7 definitions] |
| monkey |
a small, furry, intelligent mammal that is one of the primates but is distinguished from humans, apes, and lemurs. Most types of monkeys have tails. [1/3 definitions] |
| moose |
a large North American hoofed, cud-chewing mammal with humped shoulders, the males of which bear broad, flattened antlers. |
| narwhal |
an arctic aquatic mammal related to the dolphin, that has a spotted pelt and, on the male, a long spirally twisted ivory tusk projecting from the upper jaw. |
| navel |
the place on the abdomen of a mammal where the umbilical cord of the fetus was attached; umbilicus. [1/2 definitions] |
| panda |
a large bearlike mammal of China and Tibet that has woolly fur with dramatic black and white markings, including black rings around the eyes; giant panda. [2 definitions] |
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