Suckling

Synonyms for "suckling" (34 found)

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Closest matches (7)

Strong matches (10)

incubator babyinfantlittle angellittle darlingmewling infantneonate

Related words (17)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

16 entries
alimentationbabebabybehaviorchildearly life stagefeedinghuman offspringinfantjuvenilejuvenile animalnursingoffspringyoungyoung animalyoung mammal

More specific

16 entries
babybreastfeedingcalfcalf sucklinglamblamb sucklingneonatenewbornnursing sessionpigletsuckingsuckling calfsuckling foalsuckling mousesuckling pigsuckling rat

Collocations

11 entries
suckling behaviorsuckling calfsuckling infantsuckling kittensuckling lambsuckling mammalsuckling offspringsuckling periodsuckling pigsuckling pigletsuckling reflex

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The baby is suckling.

Source: tatoeba (1663052)

The babies are suckling.

Source: tatoeba (1666039)

In this estate whilst a goatherd named Lamon was tending his herds in the fields, he found a little child whom one of his she-goats was suckling.

Source: tatoeba (6212390)

The baby giraffe stood up and started suckling.

Source: tatoeba (8557021)

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