mammillary

American  

[mam-uh-ler-ee] / ˈmæm əˌlɛr i /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling a mammilla.

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Other Word Forms

• intermammillary
  adjective
• postmammillary
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of mammillary

First recorded in 1605–15; mammill(a) + -ary

Example Sentences

The investigations focused their inquiry on the mammillary bodies, two structures on the underside of the brain so named because they resemble small breasts.

From Slate • Aug. 13, 2012

A genus of fossil extinct quadrupeds allied to the elephants; so called from the form of the hind teeth or grinders, which have their surface covered with conical mammillary crests.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

At a distance, some of the masses of rock appear round-backed; and in certain points of view, the crest of the ridge seems to consist of mammillary peaks.

From Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Franklin, John

The ranges on either side of the glen were generally varieties of gneiss and granite, in many of which feldspar predominated, coarse ferruginous sandstone, and a siliceous rock with mammillary hematite and hornblende.

From Expedition into Central Australia by Sturt, Charles

It occurs in mammillary rounded masses, with a fibrous structure, and a dull metallic lustre.

From Geology by Geikie, James