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| masto- |
breast. |
| mastoid |
having the appearance or shape of a breast or nipple. [1/3 definitions] |
| mavis |
a small Eurasian songbird with brown wings and a spotted white breast; song thrush. |
| meadowlark |
one of two kinds of North American songbirds that nest in open fields and have a sweet, musical song. A meadowlark has a yellow breast marked with black. |
| nipple |
the rounded tip at the center of a mammal's breast. [1/2 definitions] |
| nurse |
to feed from a breast. [1/3 definitions] |
| oldsquaw |
a black marine duck with a white breast. |
| Paget's disease |
a type of breast cancer, usu. affecting the areola and nipple. [1/2 definitions] |
| pectoral |
worn on the chest or breast. [1/5 definitions] |
| pipit |
any of several small, brownish, insect-eating songbirds characterized by a streaked breast, slender bill, and the habit of walking instead of hopping. |
| premenstrual syndrome |
a complex of symptoms that may occur before the onset of menstrual flow, including depression, irritability, fluid retention, and breast soreness. |
| purple martin |
the largest North American swallow, the male of which is entirely blue-black while the female has a white breast. |
| redbreast |
a bird with a red breast, esp. a robin. [1/2 definitions] |
| ring ouzel |
a European thrush that has a white ring around its neck and on its breast. |
| robin |
a small bird with an orange breast, a dark head and back, and a yellow beak. |
| rose-breasted grosbeak |
a North American grosbeak, the male of which has a triangular, rosy patch on the breast. |
| secondary sex characteristic |
any of the physical characteristics that differentiate the sexes from each other, such as facial hair or breast development, and that usu. appear at puberty and are not essential for reproduction. |
| song thrush |
a common Eurasian songbird with brown upper plumage and a white, brown-spotted breast. |
| sphinx |
in Greek mythology, a creature with the head and breast of a woman, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle, such as the creature that terrorized Thebes and was destroyed when Oedipus guessed its riddle. [1/4 definitions] |
| suck |
to pull something, esp. milk from the breast, into the mouth by using the tongue and lips to create a partial vacuum; suckle. [1/13 definitions] |
| suckle |
to put to the breast and allow to suck; breastfeed. [2/4 definitions] |
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