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

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Etymology

Origin of mammillary

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

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Example Sentences

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mammillary

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

Again, in others I found small mammillary bodies, which appeared to be true ovules, though I could not perfectly satisfy myself as to the existence of the micropyle or nucleus.

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Sir Francis Darwin

Sometimes the travertin assumes precisely the botryoidal and mammillary forms, common to similar deposits in Auvergne, of a much older date; and, like them, it often scales off in thin, slightly undulating layers.

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

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 Charles Sturt

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 John Franklin

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