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mammal

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n.哺乳动物

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mammal


/'mæml; `mæml/
n any of the class of animals that give birth to live offspring and feed their young on milk from the breast 哺乳动物.

mammal


n[C]
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Late Latin;Origin: mammalis 'of the breast', from Latin mamma 'breast']
a type of animal that drinks milk from its mother's body when it is young. Humans, dogs, and whales are mammals.
>mammalian [mæ'meɪlien/
1. Whale is not a fish; it is a mammal.
    鲸不是鱼类,它是一种哺乳动物。

2. Word last week that a scientist named Ian Wilmut had succeeded in cloning an adult mammal — an achievement long thought impossible — caught the imagination of everyone.
    上周有消息说,一位名叫伊恩·威尔莫特的科学家已经成功地克隆了一只成年哺乳动物,而这项成就长期以来被认为是不可能的。

3. Scientists in Scotland recently announced that, for the first time, they have cloned an exact copy of an adult mammal.
    苏格兰科学家最近宣称,他们第一次克隆了一只成年哺乳动物。

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