mammary gland (redirected from Mammary glands)

mammary gland

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.

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mammary gland

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) any of the milk-producing glands in mammals. In higher mammals each gland consists of a network of tubes and cavities connected to the exterior by a nipple

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mammary gland  (mm-r)

One of the glands in female mammals that produces milk. It is present but undeveloped in the male. In most animals, the gland opens onto the surface by means of a nipple or teat. Mammary glands number from 2 to 20, depending on the species.

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Noun

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mammary gland - milk-secreting organ of female mammals mamma female mammal - animals that nourish their young with milk dug - an udder or breast or teat udder, bag - mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats) duct gland, exocrine, exocrine gland - a gland that secretes externally through a duct tit, titty, boob, breast, knocker, bosom - either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman mamilla, mammilla, nipple, teat, tit, pap - the small projection of a mammary gland