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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Suckle \Suc"kle\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Suckled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Suckling}.] [Freq. of suck.] To give suck to; to nurse at the breast. --Addison.
The breasts of Hecuba When she did suckle Hector, looked not lovelier. --Shak.
They are not weak, suckled by Wisdom. --Landor.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Suckling \Suck"ling\, noun [OE. sokeling. See {Suck}, verb (used with an object)]
1. A young child or animal nursed at the breast.
2. A small kind of yellow clover ({Trifolium filiforme}) common in Southern Europe.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Suckling
noun
1: English poet and courtier (1609-1642) [syn: {Sir John Suckling}]
2: an infant considered in relation to its nurse [syn: {nursling}, {nurseling}]
3: a young mammal that has not been weaned
4: feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast [syn: {lactation}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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