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Mammal vs Synapsid - What's the difference?

mammal | synapsid |

As nouns the difference between mammal and synapsid

is that mammal is an animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and feeding milk to its young while synapsid is any animal (including all mammals) of the class Synapsida.

As an adjective synapsid is

pertaining to the class Synapsida, of animals which have an opening low in the skull roof behind each eye, leaving a bony arch beneath each.

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

    Related terms

    * mammarial * mammary (-)

    synapsid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to the class Synapsida, of animals which have an opening low in the skull roof behind each eye, leaving a bony arch beneath each.
  • *1999 , (Matt Ridley), Genome , Harper Perennial 2000, p. 26:
  • *:We are synapsid tetrapods, a group of reptiles that almost went extinct 200 million years ago in competition with the better-designed dinosaurs.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any animal (including all mammals) of the class Synapsida.