mamma
noun
mama.
mammae
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pluralof mamma.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The young would hang onto the mammae and the female would clutch the young to her with all four feet.
From Comparative Ecology of Pinyon Mice and Deer Mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado by Charles L. Douglas
The mammae are arranged in three pairs, pectoral, 1/1; inguinal, 2/2.
From Life History of the Kangaroo Rat by Charles Taylor Vorhies
Usually a lactating vole showed evidence of only the abdominal mammae having been in use.
From Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] by E. W. Jameson
The mammae of KU 71362, also a non-pregnant female, are inconspicuous on the dried skin.
From Records of Harvest Mice, Reithrodontomys, from Central America, with Description of a New Subspecies from Nicaragua by Sydney Anderson
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
