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1. An infant considered in relation to its nurse
   - nursling, nurseling
    
2. A young mammal that has not been weaned
    
3. Feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
   - lactation

1. English poet and courtier (1609-1642)
   - Sir John Suckling

1. Suck milk from the mother's breasts
   "the infant was suckling happily"
    
2. (of a woman) produce breast milk for a baby to drink
   "The wetnurse suckled the infant";
   - breastfeed, suck, nurse, wet-nurse, lactate, give suck [archaic]

Derived forms: sucklings

Type of: alimentation, babe [literary], baby, bub [Austral, informal], bundle of joy, courtier, eat, feed, feeding, give, infant, poet, young mammal

Encyclopedia: Suckling, John