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Lactation

A giving suck; the secretion and yielding of milk by the mammary gland.

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Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Alimentation 76% connected

The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.

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Feeding 76% connected

of Feed

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Period 76% connected

A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…

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Suck 74% connected

To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressur…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Suck 74% connected

To draw, as a liquid, by the action of the mouth and tongue, which tends to produce a vacuum, and causes the liquid to rush in by atmospheric pressur…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Suckling 92% connected

of Suckle

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