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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

mammallike en · ADJ

Etymology

From mammal + -like.

Meanings

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a mammal.
    • Birds[…] lack a crocodilelike or mammallike thoracic-abdominal subdivision of the visceral cavity (Fig. 2 C). 1997 November 14, John A. Ruben et al., “Lung Structure and Ventilation in Theropod Dinosaurs and Early Birds”, in Science, volume 278, number 5341, →DOI, pages 1267–1270:
    • Also common were squat, mammallike traversodonts. 1993 May 28, Harold Henderson, “The Descent of Dinosaurs”, in Chicago Reader:

Forms

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more mammallike Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most mammallike Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

nonmammalian · unmammalian

Hypernyms

animallike

Hyponyms

sheepy · humanish · monkeylike · cowlike · catty · horsy · humanlike · piglike · doglike · porcine · apely · doggish · piggy · horsey · cowish · catlike · bovine · wolfish · wolfy · neatish · sheeplike · canine · wolflike · monkeyish · equine · horsely · ovine · vaccine · piggish · anthropomorphic · horselike · humanoid · apelike · anthropoid · lupine · feline · doggy · apish · sheepish · simian · cattish

Meronyms

hairy · hirsute · furry · boobied · breasted · hairful

Relateds

mammaloid

Synonyms

mammallike · mammalian · mammiferous · mammiferous · mammalian