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mammula

American  
[mam-yuh-luh] / ˈmæm yə lə /

noun

Zoology.

PLURAL

mammulae

  1. a small nipplelike process or protuberance.

Other Word Forms

  • mammular adjective

Etymology

Origin of mammula

1810–20; < Latin: little breast. See mamma 2, -ule

Example Sentences

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The spinning mammulæ are placed in pairs at the lower part of the abdomen, near its hinder end, and number four, six, or eight in different species.

From Project Gutenberg

Nearly the same intelligence respecting corn and pay was conveyed in a letter from Aulus Cornelius Mammula, the propraetor, from Sardinia.

From Project Gutenberg

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