Definition of "mammae" [mammae]

• Plural form of mamma. (noun)

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• "This is why "mammae" and Mama are such similar words and why the entire category of animals is called mammals."
• "In the mammalia, for instance, the males possess rudimentary mammae; in snakes one lobe of the lungs is rudimentary; in birds the"
• "Rudimentary organs sometimes retain their potentiality: this occasionally occurs with the mammae of male mammals, which have been known to become well developed and to secrete milk."