adj
Meaning 1
Resembling a breast or nipple in shape or form.
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mammillary
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UK: /ˈmamɪləɹi/
adj
Meaning 2
Pertaining to the nipples.
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noun
Meaning 3
A carbonate coating formed through the precipitation of calcium carbonate onto existing rock below the water surface in cave pools.
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Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
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.
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Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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History
Etymology
From Middle French mamillaire or directly from Late Latin mammillāris, from mamilla + -aris, diminutive of mamma (“breast”).