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mammilla

American  
[ma-mil-uh] / mæˈmɪl ə /

noun

PLURAL

mammillae

  1. Anatomy.  the nipple of the mamma, or breast.

  2. any nipplelike process or protuberance.

mammilla British  
/ mæˈmɪlə /

noun

  1. the US spelling of mamilla

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Other Word Forms

  • mammillary adjective

Etymology

Origin of mammilla

1685–95; < Latin: breast, teat, diminutive of mamma mamma 2

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Opisthosoma when segmented showing the same number of somites as in the Pedipalpi; usually unsegmented, the prae-genital somite constricted to form the waist; the appendages of its 3rd and 4th somites retained as spinning mammillae.

From Project Gutenberg

The flowers issue from between the mammillae, towards the upper part of the stem, often disposed in a zone just below the apex, and are either purple, rose-pink, white or yellow, and of moderate size.

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