Definition of MAMMILLARY

mammillary

Plural: mammillaries

Adj

  • Resembling a breast or nipple in shape or form.
  • Pertaining to the nipples.

Noun

  • A carbonate coating formed through the precipitation of calcium carbonate onto existing rock below the water surface in cave pools.
  • 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.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle French mamillaire, or its source, Late Latin mamillaris.

Scrabble Score: 19

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Words With Friends Score: 23

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