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protolacteal

protolacteal adjective: describing the secretion of the mammary glands of primitive mammals.

Adjective

protolacteal (not comparable)

  1. Describing the secretion of the mammary glands of primitive mammals

Origin of protolacteal

From proto- + lacteal.

Questions about protolacteal

What does protolacteal mean?
Protolacteal means describing the secretion of the mammary glands of primitive mammals.
What part of speech is protolacteal?
Protolacteal is an adjective.

Words near protolacteal in the dictionary

  1. protoisoeruboside
  2. protojupiter
  3. protokaryotype
  4. protokaryotypes
  5. protokylol
  6. protolacteal
  7. protolang
  8. protolanguage
  9. protolanguages
  10. protolerogenic
  11. protolexicon

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