mamma

Definitions

1. The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
2. Alternative spelling of mama: mother.
   alt-of, alternative
3. An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera.

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Examples

“Either sex under special stimulations is capable of manifesting powers ordinarily shown only by the other […] Thus, to take⟳ an extreme case, the mammæ of men will, under special excitation, yield⟳ milk: there are various cases of gynecomasty on record⟳, and in famines infants whose mothers have⟳ died have⟳ been thus saved.”

“1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling The next day Charles had the child brought back. She asked for her mamma. They told her she was away; that she would bring⟳ her back some playthings.”

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