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vertebrate vs mammal

mammal vs vertebrate

vertebrate and mammal both are nouns.

vertebrate is an adjective but mammal is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
vertebrate Yes Yes No No
mammal Yes No No No
As nouns, mammal is a hyponym of vertebrate; that is, mammal is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than vertebrate:
  • vertebrate: animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
  • mammal: 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
vertebrate (noun) mammal (noun)
animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium 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
vertebrate (adjective) mammal (adjective)
having a backbone or spinal column
Difference between vertebrate and mammal

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