MAMMILLATE


Meaning of MAMMILLATE in English

ˈmaməˌlāt adjective

or mam·mil·lat·ed -ād.ə̇d ; also mam·il·late -āt ; or mam·il·lat·ed -ād.ə̇d

Etymology: Late Latin mammillatus, mamillatus, from Latin mammilla, mamilla breast, nipple + -atus -ate, -ated — more at mammilla

1. : having nipples or small protuberances like nipples

2.

a. : having the form of a bluntly rounded protuberance

b. usually mammillated : having a hummocky rock surface with many smoothly rounded knobs or mounds formed especially as a result of glacial erosion

the mammillated variety of glaciated surface — C.A.Cotton

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.