noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
out of the mouths of babes (and sucklings)
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Her eyes flutter against closed lids, and her mouth opens and closes as she dreams of suckling .
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If left untreated, they stop suckling and quickly get weakened.
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Kittens first purr while suckling when they are a few days old.
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The suckling pup may also be infected by ingestion of L3 in the milk during the first three weeks of lactation.
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The young are visited by the alpha female only for suckling .
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Their tails wiggle furiously like suckling piglets in their effort to hold against a current many times bigger than them.
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While females are reproducing and suckling , males remain programmed to hunt and to defend their patch against predators.