mammiformadj.
/ˈmamᵻfɔːm/, U.S. /ˈmæməˌfɔrm/ Breast-shaped; having the form of a dome or rounded cone.
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mammillary1615
mammiform1699
mammoid1774
mammillate1826
mammular1826
mammillated1839
mammilliform1843
mammulose1889
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [adjective] > like a breast or nipple
mammillar?a1425
teat-like1593
mammillary1615
mammiform1699
mammilliform1843
mammillariform1869
1699 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 21 137 DD [in Fig. III represents], The Mammiform Processes.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Mastoidei The Mammiform, or Dug-like processes.
1843 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 2 No. 11. 79 The upper series bear from one to four mammiform tubercles.
1878 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Nov. 393 Numerous large mammiform tubercles.
1977 ‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon iii. 46 To the outer side wall of the cottage..clung a garden telephone bell—a clapper set between two enormous mammiform metal domes.
1979 Archaeol. May–June 36 The hallmark artifact..is the mammiform tetrapod vessel—a bowl with four supports, each in the shape of a female breast.
1999 FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 173 69 The fungus is easily recognisable by its heavily ornamented oogonia with conical to mammiform spines.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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