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suckle
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
suckle
(verb)
suckle
/
ˈ
sʌkəl/
verb
suckles
;
suckled
;
suckling
suckle
/
ˈ
sʌkəl/
verb
suckles
;
suckled
;
suckling
Britannica Dictionary definition of SUCKLE
[
+ object
]
:
to give (a baby or young animal) milk from a breast or from an udder
a mother
suckling
[=
breast-feeding
] her baby
a cat
suckling
her kittens
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