mammula

[ mam-yuh-luh ]
/ ˈmæm yə lə /

noun, plural mam·mu·lae [mam-yuh-lee] /ˈmæm yəˌli/. Zoology.

a small nipplelike process or protuberance.

Origin of mammula

1810–20; < Latin: little breast. See mamma2, -ule

OTHER WORDS FROM mammula

mam·mu·lar, adjective

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