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The small projection of a mammary gland
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mammilla
Word definitions for mammilla in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Mammilla may refer to : Mammilla (Africa) , an Ancient city and bishopric in Mauretania Caesariensis, now a Latin Catholic titular see anatomical Latin for a Nipple or Mammilla (gastropod) , a genus of sea snails
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mammilla \Mam*mil"la\, n.; pl. Mammil[ae] . [L., dim. of mamma a breast.] (Anat.) The nipple.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) The nipple.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the small projection of a mammary gland [syn: nipple , mamilla , pap , teat , tit ] [also: mammillae (pl)]
Usage examples of mammilla.
She let hers expand and seek his smaller mammillae like creatures with minds of their own, intent on some outrageous conjunction.
The alchemy of Yrilene holds us cradled, safe for an instant, and we suck from her blood-filled mammillae to toast the deaths of murderers and martyrs.