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单词 teat
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teat

[ teet, tit ]
/ tit, tɪt /
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noun

the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
something resembling a teat.

Origin of teat

1250–1300; Middle English tete<Old French <Germanic; see tit2

Words nearby teat

teaser, tea service, tea shop, teaspoon, teaspoonful, teat, tea table, teataster, teatime, tea towel, tea tray
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Example sentences from the Web for teat

  • "Teat it, papa," and he laid his little head on papa's breast with perfect confidence that the pain would soon be gone.

    The Right Knock|Helen Van-Anderson

British Dictionary definitions for teat

teat
/ (tiːt) /

noun

  1. the nipple of a mammary gland
  2. (in cows, etc) any of the projections from the udder through which milk is dischargedSee nipple
something resembling a teat in shape or function, such as the rubber mouthpiece of a feeding bottle

Word Origin for teat

C13: from Old French tete, of Germanic origin; compare Old English titt, Middle High German zitze
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for teat

teat
[ tēt, tĭt ]

n.

nipple
The female breast; mamma.
A papilla.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Scientific definitions for teat

teat
[ tēt, tĭt ]

A small projection near the center of the mammary gland of many female mammals that contains the outlet of the milk ducts. Each teat contains a single milk duct, while nipples each contain more than one.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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