mammillate
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
See mammilla.
Adjective edit
mammillate (comparative more mammillate, superlative most mammillate)
- Having small nipples, or small protuberances like nipples or mammae.
- Bounded like a nipple; said of the apex of some shells.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “mammillate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Latin edit
Adjective edit
mammillāte