Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Suckling; giving suck.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Suckling; giving suck.

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  • adjective suckling; giving suck

Etymologies

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Latin lactans, present participle of lactare to suck, from lac, lactis, milk.

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