Mammillary

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  • adj. Resembling a breast or nipple in shape or form.
  • adj. Pertaining to the nipples.
  • n. A carbonate coating formed through the precipitation of calcium carbonate onto existing rock below the water surface in cave pools.
  • n. A mammillary body, one of a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the brain, that form part of the limbic system.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the mammilla, or nipple, or to the breast; resembling a mammilla; mammilloid.
  • adj. Composed of convex convex concretions, somewhat resembling the breasts in form; studded with small mammiform protuberances.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to a mamma, pap, dug, or teat.
  • Resembling a nipple.
  • Studded with mammiform protuberances; having rounded projections, as a mineral composed of convex concretions in form somewhat resembling breasts.
    • Word Usage
    "The nuclei called mammillary bodies are involved in olfactory reflexes and emotional response to odours"
    Form
    mammillary body   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    mammilloid   
    Same Context
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