Galactophorous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Galactophorous \Gal`ac*toph"o*rous\, a. [Gr. ?; ?, ?, milk +
     fe`rein to bear: cf. F. galactophore. Cf. {Lactiferous}.]
     (Anat.)
     Milk-carrying; lactiferous; -- applied to the ducts of
     mammary glands.
     [1913 Webster]