marine mammal en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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A mammal which lives partly or wholly in the ocean, or at least is heavily dependent on the ocean for its lifestyle; such as the cetaceans, the sirenians, the pinnipeds, the sea otter, or the polar bear.
The influence of the temperature of the Gulf-stream upon animal life in the ocean is very curious. The whale so sedulously shuns its warm waters, as almost to indicate their track by its absence ; while yet abundantly found on each side of it. The physical reasons are doubtless the same which prevent this great marine mammal from ever crossing the equator from one hemisphere to the other — a fact now well ascertained.
1857 April, Philippe de Kerhallet, “The Atlantic Ocean”, in Edinburgh Review, volume CV, number CCXIV, page 371:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| marine mammals | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
animal · mammal · vertebrate · creature · organism
Synonyms
Translations (27)
sv havsdäggdjur (mammal living in seawater) · br morvronneg (mammal living in seawater) · fi merinisäkäs (mammal living in seawater) · fo havsúgdýr (mammal living in seawater) · sq gjitar detar (mammal living in seawater) · fy wettersûchdier (mammal living in seawater) · da havpattedyr (mammal living in seawater) · rm mamifer da la mar (mammal living in seawater) · cs mořský savec (mammal living in seawater) · de Meeressäugetier (mammal living in seawater) · izh merizveeri (mammal living in seawater) · pl ssak morski (mammal living in seawater) · gl mamífero mariño (mammal living in seawater) · it mammifero marino (mammal living in seawater) · nl zeezoogdier (mammal living in seawater) · nb sjøpattedyr (mammal living in seawater) · pt mamífero marinho (mammal living in seawater) · br bronneg mor (mammal living in seawater) · is sjávarspendýr (mammal living in seawater) · fr mammifère marin (mammal living in seawater) · he יוֹנֵק יַמִּי (mammal living in seawater) · cy mamal morol (mammal living in seawater) · de Meeressäuger (mammal living in seawater) · el θαλάσσιο θηλαστικό (mammal living in seawater) · nb sjøpattedyr (mammal living in seawater) · ja 海獣 (mammal living in seawater) · es mamífero marino (mammal living in seawater)