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.).
- 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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