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nounthe small projection of a mammary glandtype of:part of:
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nouna flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifiertype of:part of:
Definition that contains nipple
- sucker a drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw)
- pasty (usually used in the plural) one of a pair of adhesive patches worn to cover the nipples of exotic dancers and striptease performers
- areola small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite
- mastoid relating to or resembling a nipple
- papilla a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell
- nipple shield a rubber or plastic shield to protect the nipples of nursing women
- genus mammillaria large genus of cacti characterized chiefly by nipple-shaped protuberances or tubercles on their surface
- ring of color small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite
- lactiferous duct ducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nipple
- suckling reflex reflex behavior in newborn mammals; includes finding and grasping the nipple in the mouth and sucking on it and swallowing the milk