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Lactating

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wetnounMade up of liquid or moisture, usually (but not always) water.
freshnounNewly produced or obtained; recent.

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drynounFree from or lacking moisture.

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freshverb(commercial fishing) To pack (fish) loosely on ice.
wetverb(transitive) To cover or impregnate with liquid.
babyverb(transitive) To coddle; to pamper somebody like an infant.
breast-feedingverbAlternative spelling of breastfeed. [(transitive, intransitive) To feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse.]
breastfeedingnoun(uncountable) The act or process of feeding a baby or young child milk from a lactating breast.
feedernounOne who feeds, or gives food to another.
feedingnoun(uncountable) The act or process of giving food.
infancynounThe state of being an infant.
infantverb(obsolete) To bear or bring forth (a child); to produce, in general.
milkingnounThe act by which any animal is milked.
nurseverb(transitive) To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle.
nursingnounThe process or profession of caring for patients as a nurse.
sucklernounAny animal that suckles its young; a mammal.
lactogenicnounthat induces lactation
lactantnounA lactating mother; A mother who is suckling offspring.
breast feedingnounnourishing at the breast
breast feedverbAlternative spelling of breastfeed. [(transitive, intransitive) To feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse.]
lactylnoun(organic chemistry, especially in combination) A univalent radical derived from lactic acid
lactealnoun(physiology, chiefly in the plural) Each of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the mesentery to the thoracic duct.
breast milknounMilk produced by human mammary glands.

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