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Mam"mi*form (?), a. [Mamma
breast + -form: cf. F. mammiforme.] Having the
form of a mamma (breast) or mammæ.

||Mam*mil"la (?), n.; pl.
Mammilæ (#). [L., dim. of mamma a
breast.] (Anat.) The nipple.

Mam"mil*la*ry (?), a. [Cf. F.
mammilaire. See Mammilla.] 1. Of
or pertaining to the mammilla, or nipple, or to the breast;
resembling a mammilla; mammilloid.

2. (Min.) Composed of convex convex
concretions, somewhat resembling the breasts in form; studded with
small mammiform protuberances.

{ Mam"mil*late (?), Mam"mil*la`ted (?), }
a. [See Mammilla.] 1.
Having small nipples, or small protuberances like nipples or
mammæ.

2. (Zoöl.) Bounded like a nipple;
-- said of the apex of some shells.


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