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Definition of Mamma
1. Noun. Informal terms for a mother.
Generic synonyms: Female Parent, Mother
2. Noun. Milk-secreting organ of female mammals.
Group relationships: Female Mammal
Specialized synonyms: Dug, Bag, Udder, Boob, Bosom, Breast, Knocker, Tit, Titty
Generic synonyms: Duct Gland, Exocrine, Exocrine Gland
Terms within: Mamilla, Mammilla, Nipple, Pap, Teat, Tit
Derivative terms: Mammary
Definition of Mamma
1. n. Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity.
2. n. A glandular organ for secreting milk, characteristic of all mammals, but usually rudimentary in the male; a mammary gland; a breast; udder; bag.
Definition of Mamma
1. Noun. (anatomy) The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder. Plural: mammae ¹
2. Noun. (meteorology) an accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera ¹
3. Noun. (alternative spelling of mama): '''mother'''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mamma
1. a milk-secreting organ [n -MAE] / mama [n -S] - See also: mama
Medical Definition of Mamma
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mamma
Literary usage of Mamma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1890)
""There is a clean towel on the rack in the other room," said mamma. " There !
... Thank you, mamma. Now we must wash them first. There 's the cups. ..."
2. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"Gwendolen had observed to her mamma, "Oh, he must have been left far behind, and
gone home in despair," and it could not be denied that this was fortunate ..."
3. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1873)
"mamma made it a point, however, that I should accompany her. ... mamma saw him.
After they had talked for a little, mamma declared her intention of seeing ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1878)
"Oh, mamma, I do so wish yon knew him ! " The woman turned her face round, away
from her daughter ... "mamma, he is my husband. You shall not call him pitch. ..."
5. The Best Short Stories of ... and the Yearbook of the American Short Story edited by Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1918)
"Say, mamma, this one is a beauty! That's a new weave, ain't it ? Here, work some
more, dearie — till Selene comes with your evening papers. ..."
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