English word mammaliferous comes from English mammal, English -iferous
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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mammal | English (eng) | (paleontology) A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.. An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and feeding milk to its young. |
-iferous | English (eng) | |
mammaliferous | English (eng) | (geology, archaic) Containing mammalian remains. |