sucklingnoun [ C ], adjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈsʌk.lɪŋ/us/ˈsʌk.lɪŋ/old-fashioned(an animal that is) still young enough to be drinking milk from its mother:
The main course of the feast was roast suckling pig.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal young
- baby
- bugger
- calf
- calves
- chick
- colt
- cub
- fledgling
- foal
- frogspawn
- fry
- gosling
- heifer
- litter
- offspring
- owlet
- peachick
- piglet
- pup
- spawn
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