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Answer for the clue "The small projection of a mammary gland ", 8 letters:
mammilla

Word definitions for mammilla in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Mammilla is a genus of predatory sea snails , marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae , the moon snails.

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)]

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.

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.