See Also: mammifer(medicine)

commissar (iou) and mammifer (medicine)


commissar (iou)



commissar noun. LME.
[French commissaire from medieval Latin commissarius COMMISSARY. In sense 2 from Russian komissar from French.]
A deputy, a delegate, a commissary. Chiefly Scot. LME-M18.
Hist. The head of a government department in the USSR. E20.

mammifer (medicine)


mammifer
<zoology> A mammal. See Mammalia.

Origin: NL. See Mammiferous.

Source: Websters Dictionary