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• a variation of mama.

mamma

¹ American  

[mah-muh, muh-mah] / ˈmɑ mə, məˈmɑ /

noun

1. mama.

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mamma ² American  

[mam-uh] / ˈmæm ə /

noun

• mammae
  plural

1. Anatomy, Zoology. a structure, characteristic of mammals, that comprises one or more mammary glands with an associated nipple or teat, usually rudimentary unless developed and activated for the secretion of milk in the female after the birth of young.

2. Meteorology. the hanging protuberances of a mammatus, on the undersurface of a thunderstorm cloud.

   The mamma in this formation are distinctly ominous.

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mamma ¹ British  

noun

1. Also: momma.  another word for mother 1

2. informal a buxom and voluptuous woman

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mamma ² British  

/ ˈmæmə /

noun

1. the milk-secreting organ of female mammals: the breast in women, the udder in cows, sheep, etc

2. (functioning as plural) breast-shaped protuberances, esp from the base of cumulonimbus clouds

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• mammae
  plural

Etymology

Origin of mamma

First recorded before 1050; Middle English, from Latin: “breast, teat” (whence Old English mamme “teat”); see mamma ¹

Example Sentences

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The mamma centipede may have a face like a David Cronenberg nightmare, but she's a devoted parent, curling around the wriggly bits of multi-legged spaghetti she calls her offspring to protect them.

From Salon ● May 11, 2025

The name mammatus comes from the Latin mamma which means 'udder' or 'breast'.

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2025

“No mamma must be forced to interrupt nursing to return to work, no women should be denied this possibility,” she said.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

There might be notebooks darkly glimmering at the bottom of the laundry basket in your own home; your own mamma might be undergoing her own fission.

From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2023

He often comes to see us, and he and mamma get on very well together; they have so many things to talk about in common.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Apodemus gurkha Thomas, 1924, from Nepal is said to have 2-2=8 mammae but the description is not otherwise suggestive of close relationship to peninsulae.

From Comments on the Taxonomic Status of Apodemus peninsulae, with Description of a New Subspecies from North China by J. Knox Jones

At no time were her mammae enlarged and she was not lactating or pregnant.

From Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Charles L. Douglas

Stems short, usually globose, and covered with tubercles or mammae, rarely ridged, the apex bearing spiny cushions; flowers mostly in rings round the stem.

From Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation by W. Watson

The Sapota-tree, or Mammee-sapota, is neither so large nor so tall as the wild mammae at Taboga, nor is the fruit so large or so round.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. by Robert Kerr

Eleven of these had no embryos, but six have mammae that are still prominent on the dried skins and may have had litters prior to their capture.

From Mammals of the Grand Mesa, Colorado by Sydney Anderson