different between gus vs mammal

Burushaski

Noun

gus

1. woman (plural gushínga)

French

Etymology

From Occitan gus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ys/

Noun

gus m (plural gus)

1. (colloquial) bloke, guy

Further reading

• “gus” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *g??s?, from Proto-Indo-European *??h?éns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?us/

Noun

gus f

1. goose

Declension

Further reading

• gus in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• gus in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Scottish Gaelic

Preposition

gus

1. Alternative form of gu

Conjunction

gus

1. in order to

   Chaidh e dhan bhùth gus biadh a cheannach. - He went to the shop to buy some food.

Somali

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic *g?is-/*gus-

Noun

gus ?

1. male genitalia

References

• “gus” In: Abdullah Umar Mansur (1985) Qaamuska Afsoomaliga.

English

Etymology

Modern Latin Mammalia, coined 1758 by Linnaeus for the class of mammals, from neuter plural of Late Latin mammalis (“of the breast”), from Latin mamma (“breast”), perhaps cognate with mamma (mother).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mæm?l/
• Hyphenation: mam?mal

Noun

mammal (plural mammals)

1. An animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having hair and producing milk with which to feed its young.
2. (paleontology) A vertebrate with three bones in the inner ear and one in the jaw.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:mammal

Derived terms

Related terms

• mammarial
• mammary

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