1. A young mammal that has not been weaned
   "The piglets were still sucklings, dependent on their mother's milk"
    
2. An infant considered in relation to its nurse
   "The suckling cried out for feeding";
   - nursling, nurseling [archaic]
    
3. Feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast
   "The mother engaged in suckling her newborn";
   - 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. Feed a baby with milk directly from the breast
   "The wetnurse suckled the infant";
   - breastfeed, nurse, wet-nurse, give suck [archaic]

Derived forms: sucklings

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

Encyclopedia: Suckling, John