suckling

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Suckling
    n 1: English poet and courtier (1609-1642) [syn: {Suckling},
         {Sir John Suckling}]
    2: an infant considered in relation to its nurse [syn:
       {nursling}, {nurseling}, {suckling}]
    3: a young mammal that has not been weaned
    4: feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast [syn:
       {suckling}, {lactation}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Suckle \Suc"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suckled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Suckling}.] [Freq. of suck.]
   To give suck to; to nurse at the breast. --Addison.
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         The breasts of Hecuba
         When she did suckle Hector, looked not lovelier.
                                                  --Shak.
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         They are not weak, suckled by Wisdom.    --Landor.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Suckling \Suck"ling\, n. [OE. sokeling. See {Suck}, v. t.]
   1. A young child or animal nursed at the breast.
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   2. A small kind of yellow clover ({Trifolium filiforme})
      common in Southern Europe.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "suckling":
      babe, baby, baby bunting, bambino, incubator baby, infant,
      little angel, little darling, mewling infant, neonate, nursling,
      papoose, preemie, premature baby, preschooler, puling infant,
      toddler, weanling, yearling
antiflux / dictionary / suckling
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