† mammulan.

Inflections: Plural mammulae.

Forms: 1800s mammula, 1800s mammule.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mammula.

Etymology: < classical Latin mammula a small teat or nipple < mamma mamma n. + -ula -ule suffix. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mæ·miŭlă) /ˈmæmjʊlə/.

Botany and Zoology. Obsolete. rare.

A small breast-shaped protuberance (in quot. 1815, a spinneret of a spider); a small breast.

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mamilla1818

tuberculation1820

verruca1822

monticule1874

miliary1880

1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. xiii. 398 Two additional spinners (or mammulæ) peculiar to this species.

1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Mammula, applied by some authors to the swoln conceptacles..on the thallus of certain lichens... Zool. Term for a little breast: a mammule.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	mammula
释义	† mammulan. Inflections: Plural mammulae. Forms: 1800s mammula, 1800s mammule. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mammula. Etymology: < classical Latin mammula a small teat or nipple < mamma mamma n. + -ula -ule suffix. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (mæ·miŭlă) /ˈmæmjʊlə/. Botany and Zoology. Obsolete. rare. A small breast-shaped protuberance (in quot. 1815, a spinneret of a spider); a small breast. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > projection or protuberance > [noun] > rounded projection boss1386 ball1530 tubercle1556 tubercule1596 tuberculum1597 tuberosity1611 caruncle1615 papilla1671 bulb1716 tuber1741 mammula1815 mamilla1818 tuberculation1820 verruca1822 monticule1874 miliary1880 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. xiii. 398 Two additional spinners (or mammulæ) peculiar to this species. 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Mammula, applied by some authors to the swoln conceptacles..on the thallus of certain lichens... Zool. Term for a little breast: a mammule. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1815
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