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sucking
CIDE DICTIONARY
sucking, a.
Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially, young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf. [1913 Webster]
"I suppose you are a young barrister, sucking lawyer, or that sort of thing." [1913 Webster]
Sucking bottle, a feeding bottle. See under Bottle . -- Sucking fish (Zoöl.), the remora. See Remora . Baird. -- Sucking pump, a suction pump. See under Suction . -- Sucking stomach (Zoöl.), the muscular first stomach of certain insects and other invertebrates which suck liquid food.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sucking, adj.
1 (of a child, animal, etc.) not yet weaned.
2 Zool. unfledged (sucking dove).
1 (of a child, animal, etc.) not yet weaned.
2 Zool. unfledged (sucking dove).
Idiom
sucking-disc an organ used for adhering to a surface. sucking-fish = REMORA.
ROGET THESAURUS
sucking
Reception
N reception, admission, admittance, entree, importation, introduction, intromission, immission, ingestion, imbibation, introception, absorption, ingurgitation, inhalation, suction, sucking, eating, drinking, insertion, interjection, introit, admitting, admitted, admissable, absorbent.For further exploring for "sucking" in Webster Dictionary Online