suckling

About 0.86 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An infant that is still being breastfed (being suckled) by its mother.
2. noun A young mammal not yet weaned and still being fed milk by its mother.
3. verb present participle and gerund of suckle
4. noun The act of suckling.

Similar words

nursling nurseling breastfeeding breast-feeding nursing breastling sucking suck sucking urge allosuckling

Often followed by

pig and her mice the pigs a of period

Word family

Sir John Suckling Suckling sucklings