Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mammiferous

/mæˈmɪfəɹəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mam-mif-er-ous
IPA: /mæˈmɪfəɹəs/

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

Having mammae, or (humorous) breasts.

Example Sentences

"The moment of ejaculation in mammiferous animals is accompanied by universal excitement of the whole body, a kind of slight convulsion, which terminates in a comatose or exstatic state."
"The mammiferous secretary slithered in, changed the spool and slithered out again, giving me a small, hygienic smile en route."

Etymology

From mamma + -i- + -ferous.

Inflected Forms

more mammiferous (comparative) most mammiferous (superlative)

Synonyms

mammalian mammallike mammiferous boobied breasted

Rhymes With

carboniferous fossiliferous cruciferous seminiferous odoriferous splendiferous luminiferous metalliferous floriferous auriferous stoloniferous calciferous

Questions

How do you pronounce mammiferous?: The recorded pronunciation is /mæˈmɪfəɹəs/.
What does mammiferous mean?: Mammalian.
Where does mammiferous come from?: From mamma + -i- + -ferous.

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