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mam·ma·tus

 (mə-măt′əs, -mä′təs, -mā′-, măm′ə-təs)
adj.
A cloud formation consisting of rounded, usually smooth protuberances that appear to hang down from the base of cumulonimbus or other clouds.

[From Latin mammātus, having breasts, from mamma, breast; see mā- in Indo-European roots.]
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mammatus

(mæˈmeɪtəs)
n
(Physical Geography) a bumpy, breast-shaped cloud
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