mammeryt

irreg. mamorie; mammer + -y.] Terence in English (1614). ( Nares .) [In the pa age cited spelled a var. of mammering , as if Same as mammering. My quill remained (as men say) in a mamorie, quivering in my quaking fingers, before I durst presume to pub. lis he these my fantasies. mammilloid animal having mam me; a member of the Mam mifera; a mammal. Mammifer a (ma-mif'e-rä), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. of mammifer: see mammiferous.] Mammiferous animals as a cla : same as Mammal i a. De Blainville. mammiferous (ma-mif'e-rus), a. [ IMG:content-0152.png:[blocks in formation] 3. In entom., a small conical proce or appendage on a surface; a mammula.-4. [ cap.] In conch., a genus of gastropods. Schumacher, 1817.-5. In bot., applied specifically ( a ) to tubercles on a plant-surface, as in Mamillar i a; (b) to the apex of the nucleus of an ovule; (c) to granular prominences on some pollen-grains. mammillar (mam'i-lär), a. Same as mammil lary. mammillary (mam'i-lā-ri), a. [= F.mamilla ire, IMG:content-0153.png:[blocks in formation] Mammillary bodies, the corpora albicantia of the brain. See corpus. Mammillary brooch, a kind of brooch found among Celtic remains. It consists of two saucer shaped or cup-shaped pieces connected by a third piece or handle. Mammillary proce , the mastoid proce of the temporal bone. - Mammillary tubercle, the rudimentary met apophysis of a lumbar vertebra in man. mammillate (mam'i-lāt), a. [ mammillated (mam'i-lā-ted), a. 1. Having nipple-like proce es or protuberances; furnished with anything resembling a nipple or nipples: as, a mammillated mineral (as flint containing chalcedony); a mammillated shell (one whose apex is rounded like a teat).-2. Nipple-shaped; formed like a teat. Both the mound and mammillated projections stand about three feet higher than any other part of the reef. Darwin , Coral Reefs, p. 14.