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单词 mammillate
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mammillateadj.

Brit. /ˈmamᵻleɪt/, U.S. /ˈmæməˌleɪt/
Forms: 1800s– mamillate, 1800s– mammillate.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mamilla n., -ate suffix2.
Etymology: < mamilla n. + -ate suffix2. Compare classical Latin mamillātus having breast-like protuberances (only in Julius Paulus, but more common in post-classical Latin). Compare earlier mammillated adj.
Zoology and Botany.
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mammillary1615
mammiform1699
mammoid1774
mammillate1826
mammular1826
mammillated1839
mammilliform1843
mammulose1889
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 311 Feelers (Palpi)..Mammillate..when the last joint is very short, smaller than the preceding one, and retractile within it.
1859 W. Darlington & G. Thurber Amer. Weeds & Useful Plants Gloss. 424/2 Mamillate, conical, with a rounded apex.
1875 C. C. Blake Zoology 38 The teeth in Mastodon mammillate, often numerous, and with every intermediate gradation.
1905 C. S. Sargent Man. Trees N. Amer. 306 A globose compound fruit saturated with milky juice, mammillate on the surface.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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