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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The Czech translation of "mammals" is savci, the Slovak translation is cicavce, and the Polish translation is ssaki. All of these (to my knowledge) literally mean suckers, because we like sucking tits.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Säugetier in german. Basically "Suckling animal".