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noun
- 1. a milk-secreting organ of female mammals (in humans, the breast). technical
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1. : mother. 2. slang : wife, woman. Examples of mamma in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web. Noun. Elizabeth Banks is one hard-working mamma, and that’s just fine with her. Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 30 Oct. 2023 God bless my mamma in heaven!
a human breast, or a similar organ in animals, especially female animals: The mammae at the time of gestation become enlarged. The reproductive condition of each animal was recorded, including its pouch, its young, and whether the mammae were swollen. Fewer examples.
noun. Anatomy, Zoology. a structure, characteristic of mammals, that comprises one or more mammary glands with an associated nipple or teat, usually rudimentary unless developed and activated for the secretion of milk in the female after the birth of young. The mamma in this formation are distinctly ominous.
Define mamma. mamma synonyms, mamma pronunciation, mamma translation, English dictionary definition of mamma. n. Variant of mama. n. pl. mam·mae An organ of female mammals that contains milk-producing glands; a mammary gland. mam′mate′ adj. American Heritage®...
1. the milk-secreting organ of female mammals: the breast in women, the udder in cows, sheep, etc. 2. (functioning as plural) breast-shaped protuberances, esp from the base of cumulonimbus clouds. Collins English Dictionary.
Other forms: mammas; mammae. Definitions of mamma. noun. informal terms for a mother. synonyms: ma, mama, mammy, mom, momma, mommy, mum, mummy. see more. Definitions of mamma. noun. milk-secreting organ of female mammals.
Noun. Filter. noun. mammae. Mama. Webster's New World. A gland for secreting milk, present in the female of all mammals; mammary gland: it is rudimentary in the male. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. (meteorology) An accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera. Wiktionary.
Oct 4, 2024 · mamma (plural mammas) Alternative spelling of mama: mother. 1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling The next day Charles had the child brought back. She asked for her mamma. They told her she was away; that she would bring her back some playthings.
mama. mam•ma2 (mam′ ə), n., pl. mam•mae (mam′ ē) for 1; mam•ma for 2. Anatomy a structure, characteristic of mammals, that comprises one or more mammary glands with an associated nipple or teat, usually rudimentary unless developed and activated for the secretion of milk in the female after the birth of young.
Oct 4, 2024 · Noun. [edit] mama (plural mamas) (hypocoristic, usually childish, Canada, US) Mother, female parent. Derived terms. [edit] baby-mama. baby mama. big mama. crunchy mama. hoochie mama. mama-bear. mama bear. mama grizzly. mama pad. mama put. mama-san. mama shop. save the drama for your mama.
