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Resembling the nipple or the breast; -- applied specifically to a process of the temporal bone behind the ear.

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  1. a. Resembling the nipple or the breast; -- applied specifically to a process of the temporal bone behind the ear.
  2. a. Pertaining to, or in the region of, the mastoid process; mastoidal.
  3. adj. of or relating to or in the region of the mastoid process
  4. adj. relating to or resembling a nipple
  5. n. process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull
  6. (a) Resembling the nipple or the breast; -- applied specifically to a process of the temporal bone behind the ear. (b) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the mastoid process; mastoidal.
  7. j:66/n:34 n. process of the temporal bone behind the ear at the base of the skull a. of or relating to or in the region of the mastoid process a. relating to or resembling a nipple