mamma | (noun) milk-secreting organ of female mammals | Synonyms: mammary gland |
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(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 |
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mammalian | (adjective) of or relating to the class Mammalia | - |
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(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 | - |
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mammalogy | (noun) the branch of zoology that studies mammals | - |
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mammary | (adjective) of or relating to the milk-giving gland of the female | - |
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mammee | (noun) globular or ovoid tropical fruit with thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh | Synonyms: mamey, mammee apple |
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(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 |
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mammillaria | (noun) any cactus of the genus Mammillaria | - |
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mammogram | (noun) X-ray film of the soft tissue of the breast | - |
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mammography | (noun) a diagnostic procedure to detect breast tumors by the use of X rays | - |
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mammon | (noun) wealth regarded as an evil influence | - |
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mammoth | (adjective) so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth | Synonyms: gigantic |
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(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) | - |
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mammy | (noun) informal terms for a mother | Synonyms: ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mum, mumma, mummy |
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(noun) an offensive term for a Black nursemaid in the southern U.S. | - |
paleomammalogy | (noun) the paleobiology of ancient mammals | - |
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protomammal | (noun) probably warm-blooded; considered direct ancestor of mammals | Synonyms: therapsid |
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