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mum·my 1     (mŭm'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. mum·mies
  1. The dead body of a human or animal that has been embalmed and prepared for burial, as according to the practices of the ancient Egyptians.
  2. A withered, shrunken, or well-preserved body that resembles an embalmed body.

[Middle English mummie, medicinal material from embalmed corpses, from Old French momie, from Medieval Latin mumia, from Arabic mūmīya, from mūm, wax, from Persian.]
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mum·my 2     (mŭm'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. mum·mies Informal
Mother.

[Alteration of mommy or mum3.]
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