mammillary [mam-uh-ler-ee] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- of, relating to, or resembling a mammilla.
Origin of mammillary First recorded in 1605–15; mammill(a) + -ary Related formsin·ter·mam·mil·lar·y, adjectivepost·mam·mil·lar·y, adjective Examples from the Web for mammillary Historical Examples of mammillary
These geodes, on breaking, often present a mammillary surface.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
These are of a circular and mammillary form: they are strewed thickly, like little islets, approximating to each other.
Remarks on some fossil impressions in the sandstone rocks of Connecticut River
John Collins Warren
It occurs in mammillary rounded masses, with a fibrous structure, and a dull metallic lustre.
James Geikie
A considerable number of the prehistoric dress-fasteners, known as mammillary fibulæ, have been discovered in Ireland.
H. Clifford Smith,
Locality near Adelaide, now showing gold freely in mammillary and dendroidal form.
J. C. F. Johnson