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mammula

American

[mam-yuh-luh] / ˈmæm yə lə /

noun

Zoology.

plural

mammulae

a small nipplelike process or protuberance.

Other Word Forms

mammular

adjective

Etymology

Origin of mammula

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

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