mammillary
/ˈmamɪləɹi/ · noun
Meaning
- (speleology) A carbonate coating formed through the precipitation of calcium carbonate onto existing rock below the water surface in cave pools.
- A mammillary body, one of a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the brain, that form part of the limbic system.
- Resembling a breast or nipple in shape or form.
- Pertaining to the nipples.
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