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14 Nouns That Start With MAMM

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Word Definitions Synonyms
mamma (noun) milk-secreting organ of female mammals Synonyms: mammary gland
(noun) informal terms for a mother Synonyms: ma, mama, mammy, mom, momma, mommy, mum, mumma, mummy
mammal (noun) any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk Synonyms: mammalian
mammalian (noun) any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk Synonyms: mammal
mammalogist (noun) one skilled in the study of mammals
mammalogy (noun) the branch of zoology that studies mammals
mammee (noun) globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh Synonyms: mamey, mammee apple
(noun) brown oval fruit flesh makes excellent sherbet Synonyms: marmalade plum, sapote
(noun) tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind Synonyms: mamey, Mammea americana, mammee apple, mammee tree
(noun) tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum Synonyms: Calocarpum zapota, marmalade tree, Pouteria zapota, sapote
mammilla (noun) the small projection of a mammary gland Synonyms: mamilla, nipple, pap, teat, tit
mammillaria (noun) any cactus of the genus Mammillaria
mammogram (noun) X-ray film of the soft tissue of the breast
mammography (noun) a diagnostic procedure to detect breast tumors by the use of X rays
mammon (noun) wealth regarded as an evil influence
mammoth (noun) any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks
mammothermography (noun) the use of thermography to detect breast tumors (which appear as hot spots)
mammy (noun) informal terms for a mother Synonyms: ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mum, mumma, mummy
(noun) an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S.

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