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suckling - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun A young mammal that has not been weaned.
adjective Unweaned.
from The Century Dictionary.
noun A suckler; a young animal not yet weaned.
noun The white clover, Trifolium. repens
noun the red clover, T. pratense
noun the honeysuckle, Lonicera Periclymenum : so called because their flower-tubes are sucked for honey.
Sucking, as a young mammal; not yet weaned; hence, figuratively, young and inexperienced.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun A young child or animal nursed at the breast.
noun A small kind of yellow clover (Trifolium filiforme ) common in Southern Europe.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun An infant that is still being breastfed (being suckled ) by its mother.
noun A young mammal which isn't weaned yet (such as a (foal ) (baby horse) that is still being feed milk by its mother (dam ).
verb Present participle of suckle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun English poet and courtier (1609-1642)
noun a young mammal that has not been weaned
noun feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
noun an infant considered in relation to its nurse
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English suklinge : souken, suken , to suck; see suck + -ling , one that is young; see –ling.]
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sionnach commented on the word suckling
lecher?
August 5, 2009
madmouth commented on the word suckling
it's an abstract noun; the root of 'lecher' is 'lick', apparently
August 5, 2009