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Pronunciation:  'mâmu

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  milk-secreting organ of female mammals
  2. [n]  informal terms for a mother
 
 Synonyms: ma, mama, mammary gland, mammy, mater, mom, momma, mommy, mum, mummy
 
 See Also: bag, boob, bosom, breast, duct gland, dug, exocrine gland, female mammal, female parent, knocker, mamilla, mammilla, mother, nipple, pap, teat, tit, titty, udder

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Mam*ma"\, n. [Reduplicated from the infantine word ma,
    influenced in spelling by L. mamma.]
    Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity. [Written also
    {mama}.]
    
          Tell tales papa and mamma.               --Swift.
    
    
  2. \Mam"ma\, n.; pl. {Mamm[ae]}. [L. mamma breast.] (Anat.)
    A glandular organ for secreting milk, characteristic of all
    mammals, but usually rudimentary in the male; a mammary
    gland; a breast; under; bag.
    
    
 



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