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Unguiculata :: Unguiculata (n. pl.) An extensive division of Mammalia including those having claws or nails, as distinguished from the hoofed animals (Ungulata)..

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

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

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

Mammal :: Mammal (n.) One of the Mammalia.

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..

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..

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

Marsupialia :: Marsupialia (n. pl.) A subclass of Mammalia, including nearly all the mammals of Australia and the adjacent islands, together with the opossums of America. They differ from ordinary mammals in having the corpus callosum very small, in being implacental, and in having their young born while very immature. The female generally carries the young for some time after birth in an external pouch, or marsupium. Called also Marsupiata..

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

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..

Zonaria :: Zonaria (n. pl.) A division of Mammalia in which the placenta is zonelike.

Mammalia :: Mammalia (n. pl.) The highest class of Vertebrata. The young are nourished for a time by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the mammary glands of the mother..

Vertebrata :: Vertebrata (n. pl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, comprising all animals that have a backbone composed of bony or cartilaginous vertebrae, together with Amphioxus in which the backbone is represented by a simple undivided notochord. The Vertebrata always have a dorsal, or neural, cavity above the notochord or backbone, and a ventral, or visceral, cavity below it. The subdivisions or classes of Vertebrata are Mammalia, Aves, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces, Marsipobranchia, and Lep

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.

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

Gyrencephala :: Gyrencephala (n. pl.) The higher orders of Mammalia, in which the cerebrum is convoluted..

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..

Tillodontia :: Tillodontia (n. pl.) An extinct group of Mammalia found fossil in the Eocene formation. The species are related to the carnivores, ungulates, and rodents. Called also Tillodonta..

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