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adj
Of or relating to the mamma or breast (of a woman or a female animal).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of mamma (“a milk-secreting organ of a woman or a female animal”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: mamma
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
of or relating to the milk-giving gland of the female
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Renaissance Latin mammārius, from Classical Latin mamma (“breast”) + -ārius (adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, mamma + -ary.
Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
