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Noun: mamma (mammae)  ma-mu or maa-mu [N. Amer], mu'maa or ma-mu [Brit]
  1. [informal] A woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
    - mother, female parent, ma [informal], mama [informal], mom [N. Amer, informal], momma [N. Amer, informal], mommy [N. Amer, informal], mammy [informal], mum [Brit, informal], mummy [informal], mam [UK, informal], supermom [informal]
     
  2. Milk-secreting organ of female mammals
    - mammary gland

Derived forms: mammae

Type of: duct gland, exocrine, exocrine gland, parent

Part of: female mammal

Encyclopedia: Mamma