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mammula

American

[mam-yuh-luh] / ˈmæm jə lə /

noun

Zoology.

a small nipplelike process or protuberance.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

mammular

adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

mammulae

plural

Etymology

Origin of mammula

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

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