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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

mam·ma¹ • n. variant spelling of mama. mam·ma² / ˈmamə/ • n. (pl. mam·mae / ˈmamē; ˈmamˌī/ ) a milk-secreting organ of female mammals (in humans, the breast). ∎ a corresponding nonsecretory structure in male mammals. DERIVATIVES: mam·mi·form / ˈmaməˌfôrm/ adj.

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A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

mamma(mammatus) The Latin mamma, meaning ‘udder’, used to describe a cloud feature consisting of projections from the basal surface of altocumulus, altostratus, stratocumulus, cumulonimbus, cirrus, and cirrocumulus. See also cloud classification.

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MICHAEL ALLABY. "mamma." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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mamma

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

mamma (mammatus) From the Latin mamma meaning ‘udder’, a cloud feature consisting of projections from the basal surface of altocumulus, altostratus, stratocumulus, cumulonimbus, cirrus, and cirrocumulus. See also CLOUD CLASSIFICATION.

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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "mamma." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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mamma

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

mamma1, mama mother. XVI. repr. redupl. of a syllable instinctively uttered by young children; cf. Gr. mámmē, L. mamma (mother, teat, breast; see next), OSl., Russ., Lith. mama, Ir., W. mam. Shortened to ma (dial. and U.S.) XIX.

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T. F. HOAD. "mamma." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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mamma

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

mamma2 (anat.) breast in mammals. XVII. — L. (see prec.).
Hence mammary XVII.

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mamma

A Dictionary of Nursing | 2008 | Copyright

mamma (mam-ă) n. see breast.

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mamma

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

mamma •aargh, Accra, afar, ah, aha, aide-mémoire, ajar, Alcazar, are, Armagh, armoire, Artois, au revoir, baa, bah, bar, barre, bazaar, beaux-arts, Bekaa, bête noire, Bihar, bizarre, blah, Bogotá, Bonnard, bra, cafard, café noir, Calabar, car, Carr, Castlebar, catarrh, Changsha, char, charr, cigar, comme ci comme ça, commissar, coup d'état, de haut en bas, devoir, Dhofar, Directoire, Du Bois, Dumas, Dunbar, éclat, embarras de choix, escritoire, fah, famille noire, far, feu de joie, film noir, foie gras, Fra, galah, gar, guar, guitar, ha, hah, ha-ha, Halacha, hurrah, hussar, huzza, insofar, Invar, jar, je ne sais quoi, ka, kala-azar, Kandahar, Khorramshahr, knar, Krasnodar, Kwa, la-di-da, lah, Lehár, Loire, ma, mama, mamma, mar, Mardi Gras, ménage à trois, mirepoix, moire, Navarre, noir, objet d'art, pa, pah, Panama, papa, par, Pará, Paraná, pas, pâté de foie gras, peau-de-soie, pietà, Pinot Noir, pooh-bah, poult-de-soie, pya, rah, registrar, Saar, Salazar, Sana'a, sang-froid, scar, schwa, Seychellois, shah, Shangri-La, shikar, ska, sol-fa, spa, spar, star, Starr, Stranraer, ta, tahr, tar, tartare, tata, tra-la, tsar, Twa, Villa, voilà, waratah, yah •Alabama, clamour (US clamor), crammer, gamma, glamour (US glamor), gnamma, grammar, hammer, jammer, lamber, mamma, rammer, shammer, slammer, stammer, yammer •Padma • magma • drachma •Alma, halma, Palma •Cranmer • asthma • mahatma •miasma, plasma •jackhammer • sledgehammer •yellowhammer • windjammer •flimflammer • programmer •amah, armour (US armor), Atacama, Brahma, Bramah, charmer, cyclorama, dharma, diorama, disarmer, drama, embalmer, farmer, Kama, karma, lama, llama, Matsuyama, panorama, Parma, pranayama, Rama, Samar, Surinamer, Vasco da Gama, Yama, Yokohama •snake-charmer • docudrama •melodrama •contemner, dilemma, Emma, emmer, Jemma, lemma, maremma, stemma, tremor •Elmer, Selma, Thelma, Velma •Mesmer •claimer, defamer, framer, proclaimer, Shema, tamer

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