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Mamma.

See Mamma.

Same as Mameluke.

A rounded hillock; a rounded elevation or protuberance. Westmin. Rev.

A child born of a white father and Indian mother. [S. Amer.]

One of a body of mounted soldiers recruited from slaves converted to Mohammedanism, who, during several centuries, had more or less control of the government of Egypt, until exterminated or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811.

See Mammillated.

Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity. [Written also mama.] Tell tales papa and mamma. Swift.

One of the Mammalia. Age of mammals. See under Age, n., 8.

brata. The young are nourished for a time by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the mammary glands of the mother.

Of or pertaining to the Mammalia or mammals.

Containing mammalian remains; -- said of certain strata.

Of or pertaining to mammalogy.

One versed in mammalogy.

The science which relates to mammals or the Mammalia. See Mammalia.

Of or pertaining to the mammæ or breasts; as, the mammary arteries and veins.

A fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genus Mammea (M. Americana); also, its fruit. The latter is large, covered with a thick, tough ring, and contains a bright yellow pulp of a pleasant taste and fragrant scent. It is often called mammee apple.

To hesitate; to mutter doubtfully. [Obs.]

An idol; a puppet; a doll. [Obs.] Selden. Shak.

See Mawmetry. [Obs.]