concept
Mammalia
mammalia
also: млекопитающие
The Latin zoological class name for mammals, invoked in Chekhov's parody taxonomy as the stage at which 'male authority' supposedly weakens.
Reading notes
- To Al. P. Chekhov, 17–18 April 1883. Moscow. §5 mammalia
Latin zoological class name for mammals, the stage at which Chekhov's mock argument claims male 'authority' weakens.