lactiferous

lactiferous
/lak tif"euhr euhs/, adj.
1. producing or secreting milk: lactiferous glands.
2. conveying milk or a milky fluid: lactiferous ducts.
[1665-75; < NL lactifer that bears milk (see LACTI-, -FER) + -OUS]

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