plural mummies
1
a
: a body embalmed or treated for burial with preservatives in the manner of the ancient Egyptians
b
: a body unusually well preserved
2
: one resembling a mummy
mummy
2 of 2chiefly British spelling of mommy
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Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Drought has been determined to have been the cause of death of the original mummy found by Sternberg and described by Osborn, and of other animals whose fossils were found nearby.
—Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
These aren’t mummies in the traditional sense of the word.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
That’s a museum for me and mummies?
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Dinosaur mummy zone Senior author of the study, Paul Sereno, PhD, Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago, and his team relocated the sites in east-central Wyoming where several famous dinosaur mummies were discovered in the early 20th century.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Drought has been determined to have been the cause of death of the original mummy found by Sternberg and described by Osborn, and of other animals whose fossils were found nearby.
—Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
These aren’t mummies in the traditional sense of the word.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
That’s a museum for me and mummies?
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mummy
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“Mummy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mummy. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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