The Devil's Dictionary: Mammalia

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
MALTHUSIAN
MAMMON

MAMMALIA

-n., pl.

A family of vertebrate animals whose females in a state of nature suckle their young, but when civilized and enlightened put them out to nurse, or use the bottle.

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