däggdjur

From dägga (“to suckle (rare outside this compound)”) +‎ djur (“animal”), with the first element inherited from Old Swedish dæggia. Compare blötdjur (“mollusc”), kloakdjur (“monotreme”), kräftdjur (“crustacean”), kräldjur (“reptile”), leddjur (“arthropod”), pungdjur (“marsupial”), rovdjur (“predator”), ryggradsdjur (“vertebrate”), etc.

däggdjur n

1. a mammal

   En katt är ett däggdjur

   A cat is a mammal

   Alla däggdjur diar sina ungar

   All mammals nurse/suckle their young

   Alla däggdjur ger di åt sina ungar

   All mammals nurse/suckle their young

   Another way to phrase it.

   Däggdjur ger sina ungar di, och alla utom kloakdjuren föder levande ungar

   Mammals nurse/suckle their young, and all except [the] monotremes give birth to live young

   Another way to phrase it.

2. (in the identical plural) Mammalia

   Igelkottar, björnar och valar tillhör klassen däggdjur

   Hedgehogs, bears, and whales belong to the class Mammalia / the class of mammals

   The Swedish name is typically used for taxonomic ranks as well.

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