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mammae

mammae is the plural of mamma.

Meaning of mamma

Noun

mamma (plural mammae or mammas)

  1. (plural mammae) The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
    • Either sex under special stimulations is capable of manifesting powers ordinarily shown only by the other […] Thus, to take an extreme case, the mammæ of men will, under special excitation, yield milk: there are various cases of gynecomasty on record, and in famines infants whose mothers have died...1880, Herbert Spencer, The Study of Sociology, page 434
  2. An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera.

Phrases with mammae

Questions about mammae

What is mammae the plural of?
Mammae is the plural of mamma.

Words near mammae in the dictionary

  1. mamma jammas
  2. mamma mia
  3. mamma's boy
  4. mamma's boys
  5. mammacoronary
  6. mammae
  7. mammae erraticae
  8. mammaed
  9. mammaglobin
  10. mammaglobins
  11. mammaglobulin

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