noun · neuterthird declension
mammal
mammal n (genitive mammālis)
Classical[mamˈmaː.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[mamˈmaː.lis]
Meaning
- neutermammal
Os pterygoideum comparandum est cum processu pterygoideo ossis sphenoidei, aut potius cum lamina interna hujus processus in corpore humano, quae lamina in embryone partem seperatam ab osse sphenoideo efformat et in quibusdam mammalibus (in nonnullis Marsupialibus atque Edentatis, in Cane etc.) diutius solet tanquam distinctum se separatum os superesse.
The pterygoid bone is to be compared with the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone, or rather with the internal lamina of this process in the human body, which lamina in the embryo forms a separate part from the sphenoid bone and in some mammals (in some Marsupials and Edentates, in the Dog, etc.) tends to survive for a longer period as a distinct, separate bone.1864, Jan van der Hoeven, Philosophia Zoologica, E. J. Brill, pages 178-179:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mammal | mammālia |
| genitive | mammālis | mammālium |
| dative | mammālī | mammālibus |
| accusative | mammal | mammālia |
| ablative | mammālī | mammālibus |
| vocative | mammal | mammālia |
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin mammālisnom. Latin mammal Nominalization of mammālis.
In English words that came into English from mammal
- mammalmammal