Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having nipple-like processes or protuberances; furnished with anything resembling a nipple or nipples: as, a mammillated mineral (as flint containing chalcedony); a mammillated shell (one whose apex is rounded like a teat).
  • Nipple-shaped; formed like a teat.

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  • I love that the reverse dictionary options for this are Lachesis and mammillated.

    December 18, 2018