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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of the milk-producing glands in female mammals, consisting of lobes containing clusters of alveoli with a system of ducts to convey the milk to an external nipple or teat. These glands typically occur in pairs and begin secreting milk when young are born.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The milk-secreting organ of female mammals.
WordNet 3.0
- n. milk-secreting organ of female mammals
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