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Mammal vs Melatonin - What's the difference?

mammal | melatonin |

As nouns the difference between mammal and melatonin

is that mammal is an animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and feeding milk to its young while melatonin is a hormone, related to serotonin, that is secreted by the pineal gland, and stimulates colour change in the skin of reptiles, and is involved in the sleep/wake and reproductive cycles in mammals.

mammal

English

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Noun

(en noun)
  • An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and feeding milk to its young.
  • (paleontology) A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.
  • Hyponyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * mammalian * mammality * mammalogy

    melatonin

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A hormone, related to serotonin, that is secreted by the pineal gland, and stimulates colour change in the skin of reptiles, and is involved in the sleep/wake and reproductive cycles in mammals
  • Any material similar in its chemistry and effect to the natural hormone.