Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lactiferous_duct

1 sense of lactiferous duct

Sense 1
lactiferous duct -- (ducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nipple)
       => duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel -- (a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs")