Mammals (class Mammalia /mÉËmeÉªli.É/ from Latin mamma breast) are a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles and birds by the possession of a neocortex (a region of the brain), hair, three middle ear bones and mammary glands.
Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  burgeoning(Noun) the act of budding or sprouting. 2  burgeoning(Noun) a bud or branch. 3  burgeoning(Noun) a new growth or expansion of something.  burgeoning(Adjective) that buds, grows or expands; developing.
A sudden, usually temporary increase in number or quantity: The baby boom created a bulge in school enrollment. v. bulged, bulgÂ·ing, bulgÂ·es. v.intr. To swell, protrude, or curve outward: a wall bulging after a flood; muscles bulging under a shirt. v.tr. To cause to bulge. [Middle English, pouch, from Old French bulge, bouge, from Latin bulga, bag, of Celtic origin; see bhelgh-in Indo-European roots.] bulgâ²iÂ·ness n. bulgâ²y adj. Synonyms: bulge, balloon, belly, jut, project, protrude These verbs mean to curve, spread, or extend outward past the normal or usual limit: a wallet bulging with money; a clown's pants that ballooned at the waist; a sail bellying in the wind; a boulder jutting from the hillside; a deck that projected from the house in back; eyes protruding from ...