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adjective Sucking adj. Drawing milk from the mother or dam; hence, colloquially, young, inexperienced, as, a sucking infant; a sucking calf. "I suppose you are a young barrister, sucking lawyer, or that sort of thing." Sucking bottle, a feeding bottle. See under Bottle. Sucking fish (Zool.), the remora. See Remora. Sucking pump, a suction pump. See under Suction. Sucking stomach (Zool.), the muscular first stomach of certain insects and other invertebrates which suck liquid food.
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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