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Webster 1913 Edition

Mammillary

Mam′mil-la-ry

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
mammilaire
. See
Mammilla
.]
1.
Of or pertaining to the mammilla, or nipple, or to the breast; resembling a mammilla; mammilloid.
2.
(Min.)
Composed of convex convex concretions, somewhat resembling the breasts in form; studded with small mammiform protuberances.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mammillary

MAM'MILLARY

,
Adj.
[L. mamilla.] Pertaining to the paps; resembling a pap; an epithet applied to two small protuberances, like nipples, found under the fore ventricles of the brain, and to a process of the temporal bone.
1.
In mineralogy, applied to minerals composed of convex concretions.

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