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单词 mammillate
释义

mammillate

adjective

mam·​mil·​late
ˈmaməˌlāt
variants or mammillated
-ātə̇d How to pronounce mammillate (audio)
or less commonly mamillate
-āt
or mamillated
-ātə̇d
1
: having nipples or small protuberances like nipples
2
a
: having the form of a bluntly rounded protuberance
b
usually mammillated : having a hummocky rock surface with many smoothly rounded knobs or mounds formed especially as a result of glacial erosion
the mammillated variety of glaciated surface C. A. Cotton

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin mammillatus, mamillatus, from Latin mammilla, mamilla breast, nipple + -atus -ate, -ated

First Known Use

1741, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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