mammary
adjective/ˈmæməri/
Frequency rank: #18,229 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
relating to the breast or milk-producing glands.
Example sentence
The doctor explained that mammary glands in mammals are responsible for producing milk.
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