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Herbivora :: Herbivora (n. pl.) An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included the Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups (Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation..

Ovulation :: Ovulation (n.) The formation of ova or eggs in the ovary, and the discharge of the same. In the mammalian female the discharge occurs during menstruation..

Implacentalia :: Implacentalia (n. pl.) A primary division of the Mammalia, including the monotremes and marsupials, in which no placenta is formed..

Monotremata :: Monotremata (n. pl.) A subclass of Mammalia, having a cloaca in which the ducts of the urinary, genital, and alimentary systems terminate, as in birds. The female lays eggs like a bird. See Duck mole, under Duck, and Echidna..

Mammalian :: Mammalian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Mammalia or mammals.

Toxodonta :: Toxodonta (n.pl.) An extinct order of Mammalia found in the South American Tertiary formation. The incisor teeth were long and curved and provided with a persistent pulp. They are supposed to be related both to the rodents and ungulates. Called also Toxodontia.

Mammiferous :: Mammiferous (a.) Having breasts; of, pertaining to, or derived from, the Mammalia..

Mammalogy :: Mammalogy (n.) The science which relates to mammals or the Mammalia. See Mammalia.

Deciduata :: Deciduata (n. pl.) A group of Mammalia in which a decidua is thrown off with, or after, the fetus, as in the human species..

Order :: Order (n.) An assemblage of genera having certain important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and Insectivora are orders of Mammalia..

Mastology :: Mastology (n.) The natural history of Mammalia.

Mammifer :: Mammifer (n.) A mammal. See Mammalia.

Taxeopoda :: Taxeopoda (n. pl.) An order of extinct Mammalia found in the Tertiary formations.

Pilifera :: Pilifera (n. pl.) Same as Mammalia.

Lyencephala :: Lyencephala (n. pl.) A group of Mammalia, including the marsupials and monotremes; -- so called because the corpus callosum is rudimentary..

Breast :: Breast (n.) Either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in which milk is secreted for the nourishment of the young; a mamma; a teat..

Monodelphia :: Monodelphia (n. pl.) The group that includes all ordinary or placental mammals; the Placentalia. See Mammalia.

Pseudocoelia :: Pseudocoelia (n.) The fifth ventricle in the mammalian brain. See Ventricle.

Cheiroptera :: Cheiroptera (n. pl.) An order of mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they can be used like wings in flying. See Bat..

Bimana :: Bimana (n. pl.) Animals having two hands; -- a term applied by Cuvier to man as a special order of Mammalia.

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