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Webster 1913 Edition


Mamelon


Mam′e-lon

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Noun.
[F.]
A rounded hillock; a rounded elevation or protuberance.
Westmin. Rev.

Definition 2024


mamelon

mamelon

English

Noun

mamelon (plural mamelons)

  1. A hillock; a rounded elevation or protuberance.
  2. (paleontology) A structure resembling a small bump found on the outer surface of stromatoporoids.


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mam(ə)lɔ̃/

Noun

mamelon m (plural mamelons)

  1. nipple
  2. hillock, knoll