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English
Etymology
From mamma + -i- + -ferous.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mammiferous (comparative more mammiferous, superlative most mammiferous)
- Mammalian.
1837, Michael Ryan, The Philosophy of Marriage, in Its Social, Moral, and Physical Relations; with an Account of the Diseases of the Genito-urinary Organs which Impair or Destroy the Reproductive Function; and Induce a Variety of Complaints; with the Physiology of Generation in the Vegetable and Animal Kingdoms , London: John Churchill, Princes' Street, Soho, →OCLC, page 191:The moment of ejaculation in mammiferous animals is accompanied by universal excitement of the whole body, a kind of slight convulsion, which terminates in a comatose or exstatic state.
- (anatomy) Having mammae, or (humorous) breasts.
1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me, Penguin, published 2001, page 53:The mammiferous secretary slithered in, changed the spool and slithered out again, giving me a small, hygienic smile en route.