suckling
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- An infant that is still being breastfed (being suckled) by its mother.
- A young mammal not yet weaned and still being fed milk by its mother.
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Etymology
From Middle English sukling, sukeling, sokeling, equivalent to suck + -ling. Cognate with Middle Dutch sogelinc (“suckling”), Dutch zuigeling (“suckling”), German Säugling (“suckling”).
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suckle
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- To give suck to; to nurse at the breast, udder, or dugs.
- To nurse; to suck milk from a nursing mother.
- To nurse from (a breast, nursing mother, etc.).
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