suckling

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Suck=ling

CIDE DICTIONARY

suckling, n. [OE. sokeling. See Suck, v. t.].

•  A young child or animal nursed at the breast.  [1913 Webster]
•  A small kind of yellow clover (Trifolium filiforme) common in Southern Europe.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

suckling, n. an unweaned child or animal.

THESAURUS

suckling

babe, baby, baby bunting, bambino, incubator baby, infant, little angel, little darling, mewling infant, neonate, nursling, papoose, preemie, premature baby, preschooler, puling infant, toddler, weanling, yearling

ROGET THESAURUS

suckling

Infant

N infant, babe, baby, babe in arms, nurseling, suckling, yearling, weanling, papoose, bambino, kid, vagitus, child, bairn, little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin, bantling, bratling, elf, youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker, callant, whipster, whippersnapper, whiffet, schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master, scion, sap, seedling, tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow, codlin, codling, foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten, lamb, lambkin, aurelia, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha, orphan, pupa, staddle, girl, lass, lassie, wench, miss, damsel, demoiselle, maid, maiden, virgin, hoyden, infantine, infantile, puerile, boyish, girlish, childish, babyish, kittenish, baby, newborn, unfledged, new-fledged, callow, in the cradle, in swaddling clothes, in long clothes, in arms, in leading strings, at the breast, in one's teens.