mammillary

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/ˈmamɪləɹi/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A carbonate coating formed through the precipitation of calcium carbonate onto existing rock below the water surface in cave pools.
  2. A mammillary body, one of a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the brain, that form part of the limbic system.
形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling a breast or nipple in shape or form.
  2. Pertaining to the nipples.
    — On the other hand, no woman who had ever borne a child (even in her own childhood) could be accepted, no matter how free she was of mammilary blemishes.

词形变化

more mammillary comparative most mammillary superlative mammillar alternative mamillary alternative mammillaries plural mammillar alternative mamillary alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle French mamillaire or directly from Late Latin mammillāris, from mamilla + -aris, diminutive of mamma (“breast”).
词源 2
From Middle French mamillaire or directly from Late Latin mammillāris, from mamilla + -aris, diminutive of mamma (“breast”).
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