- suckling child
- n. child who is breast fed
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
suckling child
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Suckling (disambiguation) — Suckling is the feeding of an infant or young child with breast milk directly from a woman s breasts.Suckling may also refer to:* Mount Suckling, the highest peak of the Goropu Mountains * The Suckling , a 1989 horror filmPeople with the surname… … Wikipedia
Suckling — Suck ling, n. [OE. sokeling. See {Suck}, v. t.] 1. A young child or animal nursed at the breast. [1913 Webster] 2. A small kind of yellow clover ({Trifolium filiforme}) common in Southern Europe. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
suckling — ► NOUN ▪ an unweaned child or animal … English terms dictionary
suckling — [suk′liŋ] n. [ME sokelynge: see SUCK & LING1] an unweaned child or young animal … English World dictionary
child — [n] very young person adolescent, anklebiter*, babe, baby, bairn, bambino, brat, cherub, chick, cub, descendant, dickens*, imp, infant, innocent, issue, juvenile, kid, kiddie*, lamb*, little angel*, little darling*, little doll*, little one,… … New thesaurus
suckling — noun an unweaned child or animal. Origin ME: from suck + ling … English new terms dictionary
child — n. [pl. Children.] 1. Infant, babe, baby, nursling, suckling, chit, brat, bantling, bairn, little one. 2. Young person. 3. Offspring, issue, progeny … New dictionary of synonyms
suckling — n. Infant, babe, baby, nursling, chit, brat, bantling, little child, little one … New dictionary of synonyms
Suckling — n. an unweaned child or animal … Useful english dictionary
suckling — n. an unweaned child or animal … Useful english dictionary
