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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Spines set in a tuft of white hairs, falling off from the lowest mammae, as happens in many of the thick-stemmed kinds.
In the prairie vole one pair of mammae is pectoral and two pairs are abdominal.
From Natural History of the Prairie Vole (Mammalian Genus Microtus) [KU. Vol. 1 No. 7] by E. W. Jameson
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
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
Another adult female trapped in the same place, July 22, had two pairs of inguinal mammae, but no abdominal mammae were found.
From Notes on the Mammals of Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, Michigan, 1920 Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Number 109 by L. R. Dice
