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mammary gland

/ˌmæməri ˈglænd/
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Other forms: mammary glands

Definitions of mammary gland
  1. noun
    milk-secreting organ of female mammals
    synonyms: mamma
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    types:
    dug
    an udder or breast or teat
    bag, udder
    mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats)
    boob, bosom, breast, knocker, tit, titty
    either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
    type of:
    duct gland, exocrine, exocrine gland
    a gland that secretes externally through a duct
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