suckling

IPA: sˈʌkɫɪŋ

noun

  • 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.
  • The act of suckling.
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Examples of "suckling" in Sentences

  • They revert to early behaviours such as suckling or bed wetting.
  • Gor (i.e., a "suckling"), the lion's whelp (Gen. 49: 9; Jer. 51: 38, etc.).
  • No, the cat who is suckling is not a larger kitten or the queen's offspring.
  • He forces open Lynn's blouse, fondling and suckling the milk from her breasts.
  • Particularly at one sandwich that referred to an ingredient called suckling pig.
  • The father took the formula home and soon came the sounds the distraught parents had so longed to hear: normal suckling from a contented baby.
  • I did not like being described as a suckling, but every lot has its crumpled rose-leaf, and in all other respects the report of the elders was a triumph.
  • The term 'suckling' in English is different from sucking, although in English and many other languages the word sucking is often used for feeding at the breast.

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