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mammary gland

mammary gland noun: a gland that secretes milk for suckling an infant or offspring.

Noun

mammary gland (plural mammary glands)

  1. A gland that secretes milk for suckling an infant or offspring.

mammary gland meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Malayalam

mammary gland in Hindi

milk-secreting gland
स्तन ग्रंथि stan granthi

mammary gland in Tamil

milk-secreting gland
பாற்சுரப்பி pāṟcurappi

mammary gland in Marathi

milk-secreting gland
स्तन ग्रंथी stan granthī

mammary gland in Malayalam

സ്‌തനഗ്രന്ഥി
More languagesFewer languages
mammary gland in Kannada
ಸ್ತನಗ್ರಂಥಿ
mammary gland in Tagalog
katasang-suso
mammary gland in Arabic
غدد ثديية
mammary gland in Indonesian
kelenjar susu
mammary gland in Persian
غده شیری
mammary gland in Thai
ต่อมน้ำนม tom nam noam
mammary gland in Vietnamese
tuyến vú

Synonyms of mammary gland

All synonyms of mammary gland

Forms of mammary gland

pluralmammary glands

Questions about mammary gland

What does mammary gland mean?
Mammary gland means a gland that secretes milk for suckling an infant or offspring.
What is mammary gland in Hindi?
Mammary gland in Hindi is स्तन ग्रंथि (stan granthi). See Mammary gland meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is mammary gland?
Mammary gland is a noun.
What is the plural of mammary gland?
The plural of mammary gland is mammary glands.

Words near mammary gland in the dictionary

  1. mammarenaviruses
  2. mammaric
  3. mammaries
  4. mammars
  5. mammary
  6. mammary gland
  7. mammary glands
  8. mammary intercourse
  9. mammary Paget disease
  10. mammary Paget's disease
  11. mammas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mammary gland (page history and authors); mammary gland (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mammary gland (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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