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mammalian vs fossorial mammal

fossorial mammal vs mammalian

mammalian and fossorial mammal both are nouns.

mammalian is an adjective but fossorial mammal is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mammalian Yes Yes No No
fossorial mammal Yes No No No
As nouns, fossorial mammal is a hyponym of mammalian; that is, fossorial mammal is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mammalian:
  • mammalian: any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk
  • fossorial mammal: a burrowing mammal having limbs adapted for digging
mammalian (noun) fossorial mammal (noun)
any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk a burrowing mammal having limbs adapted for digging
mammalian (adjective) fossorial mammal (adjective)
of or relating to the class Mammalia
Difference between mammalian and fossorial mammal

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