The old lady had found Rachel trying to suckle milk from her dead mother’s cold, empty teat.
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Suckle
/ˈsʌk.əl/
Synonyms for "suckle" (81 found)
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11 entriescalf sucklingcolostrum feedinglamb sucklingmilk transfersuckle at the teatsuckle durationsuckle episodesuckle patternsuckle reflexsuckle the teatsuckle the udder
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They dig burrows for their winter residence, and the females suckle their young at the bottom of their habitations.
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She didn't suckle her daughter today.
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[…] the body of this fish [the Mannatee] is commonly 3 yards long and one broad, slow in swimming, wanting fins, in their place ayded with 2 paps which are not only suckles but stilts to creep a shoare upon such time she grazes […]
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