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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Probably they are not used at all except in females with more than the four young in a litter accommodated by the abdominal mammae.
From Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) by Henry S. Fitch
Stems short, usually globose, and covered with tubercles or mammae, rarely ridged, the apex bearing spiny cushions; flowers mostly in rings round the stem.
They were the descendants of the reptiles but they were quite unlike these because they fed their young from the "mammae" or the breasts of the mother.
From The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
Spines set in a tuft of white hairs, falling off from the lowest mammae, as happens in many of the thick-stemmed kinds.
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
