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mammillary

/mam-uh-ler-ee/US // ˈmæm əˌlɛr i //

哺乳期,哺乳动物,乳腺,哺乳期妇女

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or resembling a mammilla.

Examples

  • These geodes, on breaking, often present a mammillary surface.

  • It occurs in mammillary rounded masses, with a fibrous structure, and a dull metallic lustre.

  • Much haematite occurs in a compact or massive form, often mammillary, and presenting on fracture a fibrous structure.

  • A considerable number of the prehistoric dress-fasteners, known as mammillary fibulæ, have been discovered in Ireland.

  • These are of a circular and mammillary form: they are strewed thickly, like little islets, approximating to each other.