‖ Mammifera rare.
(mæˈmɪfərə)
[mod.L. neut. pl. of *mammifer adj., f. L. mamma (see mamma2) + -fer bearing. (Substituted by French naturalists a 1800 for Linnæus' mammalia).]
= Mammalia.
| 1827 R. Jameson tr. Cuvier's Theory Earth (ed. 5) 294 Among all these mammifera..there has not been a single quadrumanous animal. |