1 [VN] (of a woman or female animal) to feed a baby or young animal with milk from the breast or UDDER:
a cow suckling her calves * (old-fashioned) a mother suckling a baby
2 [V] (of a baby or young animal) to drink milk from its mother's breast or UDDER:
The young of some mammals continue to suckle for years.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is suckle a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, suckle is tagged as verb.
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