- suckling mother
- (n) dimbaa.
English-Mandinka dictionary. 2009.
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Suckling (disambiguation) — Suckling is the feeding of an infant or young child with breast milk directly from a woman s breasts.Suckling may also refer to:* Mount Suckling, the highest peak of the Goropu Mountains * The Suckling , a 1989 horror filmPeople with the surname… … Wikipedia
suckling pig — suckling ,pig noun count a young pig that still drinks milk from its mother, and is sometimes cooked as a special meal … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Suckling pig — For the most familiar species, see domestic pig. A suckling pig prior to being roasted for consumption at an American tailgate party A suckling pig (or sucking pig[1]) is a piglet fed on its mother s milk (i.e., a piglet which is still a suckling … Wikipedia
suckling — /suk ling/, n. an infant or a young animal that is not yet weaned. [1400 50; late ME; see SUCK, LING1] * * * In mammals, the drawing of milk into the mouth from the nipple of a mammary gland. In human beings, it is referred to as nursing or… … Universalium
Suckling — /suk ling/, n. Sir John, 1609 42, English poet. * * * In mammals, the drawing of milk into the mouth from the nipple of a mammary gland. In human beings, it is referred to as nursing or breast feeding. The word also denotes an animal that has not … Universalium
suckling pig — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms suckling pig : singular suckling pig plural suckling pigs a young pig that still drinks milk from its mother, and is sometimes cooked as a special meal … English dictionary
suckling — UK [ˈsʌk(ə)lɪŋ] / US noun [countable] Word forms suckling : singular suckling plural sucklings mainly literary a baby or young animal that still drinks milk from its mother … English dictionary
mother — [OE] The ancestral Indo European word for ‘mother’ was *māter , which has descendants in virtually all the modern European languages. It was probably based on the syllable ma, suggested by the burbling of a suckling baby, which also lies behind… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
mother — [OE] The ancestral Indo European word for ‘mother’ was *māter , which has descendants in virtually all the modern European languages. It was probably based on the syllable ma, suggested by the burbling of a suckling baby, which also lies behind… … Word origins
suckling — noun a) A young mammal which isnt weaned yet b) A young horse (fowl) that still suckles milk from its mother, a dam … Wiktionary
suckling — suck|ling [ˈsʌklıŋ] n [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: suck] literary a young human or animal still taking milk from its mother … Dictionary of contemporary English
