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Webster 1913 Edition

Suckling

Suck′ling

,

Noun.

[OE.

sokeling

. See

,

Verb.

T.

]

1.

A young child or animal nursed at the breast.

2.

A small kind of yellow clover (

Trifolium filiforme

) common in Southern Europe.

Webster 1828 Edition

Suckling

SUCK'LING

,

ppr.

Nursing at the breast.

SUCK'LING

,

Noun.

A young child or animal nursed at the breast. Ps.8.

1.

A sort of white clover.

Definition 2024

suckling

suckling

English

Noun

suckling ‎(plural sucklings)

An infant that is still being breastfed (being suckled) by its mother.
A young mammal which isn't weaned yet (such as a (foal) (baby horse) that is still being fed milk by its mother (dam).

Related terms

-ling
suck
sucker
suckling calf
suckling pig
sucking reflex
suckle
suckler (suckler cow)

Translations

infant that is still breastfeeding

Bashkir: имсәк бала ‎(imsäk bala)
Czech: kojenec (cs) m
Dutch: zuigeling (nl) m
Finnish: imeväinen
French: nourrisson (fr) m
German: Säugling (de) m

Macedonian: до́енче n ‎(dóenče)
Russian: младе́нец (ru) m ‎(mladénec), (грудно́й ‎(grudnój)) ребёнок (ru) m ‎(rebjónok), грудно́й (ru) m ‎(grudnój)
Swedish: dibarn n
Volapük: (♂♀) sügäb (vo) (any mammal) , (♂) hisügäb, (♀) jisügäb, (♂♀) sugäb
Yiddish: זויגלינג m, n ‎(zoygling)

young mammal which isn't weaned yet

French: nourrisson (fr) m
German: Milchkalb n (calf), Spanferkel (de) n (piglet)
Russian: сосуно́к (ru) m ‎(sosunók), сосу́н (ru) m ‎(sosún)

Volapük: (♂♀) sügäb (vo) (any mammal) , (♂) hisügäb, (♀) jisügäb, (♂♀) sugäb, (calf, ♂♀) sugabubül, (lamb, ♂♀) sugajipül, (piglet, ♂♀) sugasvinül (vo)

Verb

suckling

present participle of suckle

References

Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967