Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mamma"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mamma \Mam*ma"\, n. [Reduplicated from the infantine word ma,
influenced in spelling by L. mamma.]
Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity. [Written also
{mama}.]
Tell tales papa and mamma. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mamma \Mam"ma\, n.; pl. {Mamm[ae]}. [L. mamma breast.] (Anat.)
A glandular organ for secreting milk, characteristic of all
mammals, but usually rudimentary in the male; a mammary
gland; a breast; under; bag.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mamma
n 1: informal terms for a mother [syn: {ma}, {mama}, {mom}, {momma},
{mommy}, {mammy}, {mum}, {mummy}, {mater}]
2: milk-secreting organ of female mammals [syn: {mammary gland}]
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