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mamelon

mamelon noun: a hillock; a rounded elevation or protuberance.

Noun

mamelon (plural mamelons)

  1. A hillock; a rounded elevation or protuberance.
  2. A structure resembling a small bump found on the outer surface of stromatoporoids.
  3. A protrusion on a newly erupted tooth.

Forms of mamelon

pluralmamelons

Origin of mamelon

Borrowed from French mamelon.

Questions about mamelon

What does mamelon mean?
Mamelon means a hillock; a rounded elevation or protuberance.
What part of speech is mamelon?
Mamelon is a noun.
What is the plural of mamelon?
The plural of mamelon is mamelons.

Words near mamelon in the dictionary

  1. mamellière
  2. mamellières
  3. mamellonated
  4. mamellonation
  5. mamellonations
  6. mamelon
  7. mamelonated
  8. mamelonation
  9. mamelonations
  10. mamelons
  11. mameloshen

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