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MAMILLA (mamillae)
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Irregular inflected form: mamillae
Dictionary entry overview: What does mamilla mean?
• MAMILLA (noun)
The noun MAMILLA has 1 sense:
1. the small projection of a mammary gland
Familiarity information: MAMILLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The small projection of a mammary gland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
mamilla; mammilla; nipple; pap; teat; tit
Hypernyms ("mamilla" is a kind of...):
reproductive organ; sex organ (any organ involved in sexual reproduction)
Holonyms ("mamilla" is a part of...):
mamma; mammary gland (milk-secreting organ of female mammals)
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