Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #899 of 1319

mammal (n.)

a warm-blooded animal

Examples

  • Whales are mammals.

Key rules

  • A mammal is a warm-blooded animal that feeds its young with milk
  • A marine mammal, mammals and birds
  • Mammal is countable

Common mistakes

  • Whales is mammals → Whales are mammals
💡 Tip: Biology // Nature // Animals
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