† mammifern.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mammifère.

Etymology: < French mammifère (1791, used by French naturalists as an alternative to Mammalia Mammalia n.) < classical Latin mamma mamma n. + French -ifère -ifer comb. form. Compare earlier mammiferous adj., Mammifera n. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mæ·mifəɹ) /ˈmæmɪfə(r)/.

Obsolete.

= mammal n.; a member of the class Mammalia, at one time called Mammifera.

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1826 Lancet 7 Oct. 16/1 In the mammifer and birds, the circulation is double.

1831 C. Lyell Let. 7 Feb. in Life, Lett. & Jrnls. (1881) I. xiii. 316 I expect to prove that there are three distinct mammifers in Stonesfield slate.

1846 C. Darwin Geol. Observ. S. Amer. iv. 76 The number of extinct gigantic mammifers embedded in it.

1877 J. W. Dawson Origin of World 356 The carnivorous mammifer.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	mammifer
释义	† mammifern. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mammifère. Etymology: < French mammifère (1791, used by French naturalists as an alternative to Mammalia Mammalia n.) < classical Latin mamma mamma n. + French -ifère -ifer comb. form. Compare earlier mammiferous adj., Mammifera n. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mæ·mifəɹ) /ˈmæmɪfə(r)/. Obsolete. = mammal n.; a member of the class Mammalia, at one time called Mammifera. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > [noun] > mammal milker1801 mammal1813 mammifer1826 mammalian1835 suckler1850 1826 Lancet 7 Oct. 16/1 In the mammifer and birds, the circulation is double. 1831 C. Lyell Let. 7 Feb. in Life, Lett. & Jrnls. (1881) I. xiii. 316 I expect to prove that there are three distinct mammifers in Stonesfield slate. 1846 C. Darwin Geol. Observ. S. Amer. iv. 76 The number of extinct gigantic mammifers embedded in it. 1877 J. W. Dawson Origin of World 356 The carnivorous mammifer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < n.1826
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