SUCKLING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
   Synonym(s)
   • lactation (what does lactation mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) suckling is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • feeding (what does feeding mean?)
   • alimentation (what does alimentation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • breastfeed (what does breastfeed mean?)
   • bottle-feed (what does bottle-feed mean?)
   • suckle (what does suckle mean?)
   • suck (what does suck mean?)
   • nurse (what does nurse mean?)
   • wet-nurse (what does wet-nurse mean?)
   • lactate (what does lactate mean?)
   • give suck (what does give suck mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a young mammal that has not been weaned
   Hypernyms(s) suckling is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • young mammal (what does young mammal mean?)
3. Meaning
   • an infant considered in relation to its nurse
   Synonym(s)
   • nurseling (what does nurseling mean?)
   • nursling (what does nursling mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) suckling is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • baby (what does baby mean?)
   • babe (what does babe mean?)
   • infant (what does infant mean?)
4. Meaning
   • English poet and courtier (1609-1642)
   Synonym(s)
   • Sir John Suckling (what does Sir John Suckling mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Suckling is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • poet (what does poet mean?)
   • courtier (what does courtier mean?)