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mammillar

mammillar is the alternative form of mammillary.

Meaning of mammillary

Adjective

mammillary (comparative more mammillary, superlative most mammillary)

  1. Resembling a breast or nipple in shape or form.
  2. Pertaining to the nipples.
    • On the other hand, no woman who had ever borne a child (even in her own childhood) could be accepted, no matter how free she was of mammilary blemishes.1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2001, page 273

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Questions about mammillar

What is mammillar the alternative form of?
Mammillar is the alternative form of mammillary.

Words near mammillar in the dictionary

  1. mammiform
  2. mammilated
  3. mammiliform
  4. mammilla
  5. mammillae
  6. mammillar
  7. mammillaria
  8. mammillarias
  9. mammillaries
  10. mammillariform
  11. mammillary

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