Teat
noun
The small part on a female animal's body that baby animals suck in order to get milk.
The piglets were sucking at the mother pig's teats.
Often appears as...
- suck on a teat
- animal's teat
noun
A small plastic piece shaped like a teat of a bottle for a baby to suck milk.
I need to buy a new teat for the baby's bottle.
Often appears as...
- bottle's teat
- replace the teat
noun
The small part on a female animal's body that baby animals suck in order to get milk.
The piglets were sucking at the mother pig's teats.
Often appears as...
- suck on a teat
- animal's teat
noun
A small plastic piece shaped like a teat of a bottle for a baby to suck milk.
I need to buy a new teat for the baby's bottle.
Often appears as...
- bottle's teat
- replace the teat
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Context
Used when talking about mammals that feed their young with milk.
Farmers ensure the calf gets to the cow's teat for nourishment.
Pro Tip 2/3Biological Term
A scientific word used in veterinary or biology-related discussions.
The veterinarian explained how to care for the goat's teats.
Pro Tip 3/3Delicate Subject
The word may be considered sensitive or private in some social settings.
When touring the farm, the guide delicately referred to the cows' teats.
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Context
Used when talking about mammals that feed their young with milk.
Farmers ensure the calf gets to the cow's teat for nourishment.
Pro Tip 2/3Biological Term
A scientific word used in veterinary or biology-related discussions.
The veterinarian explained how to care for the goat's teats.
Pro Tip 3/3Delicate Subject
The word may be considered sensitive or private in some social settings.
When touring the farm, the guide delicately referred to the cows' teats.
Pro Tip 1/3Animal Context
Used when talking about mammals that feed their young with milk.
Farmers ensure the calf gets to the cow's teat for nourishment.
Pro Tip 2/3Biological Term
A scientific word used in veterinary or biology-related discussions.
The veterinarian explained how to care for the goat's teats.
Pro Tip 3/3Delicate Subject
The word may be considered sensitive or private in some social settings.
When touring the farm, the guide delicately referred to the cows' teats.
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Video examples
Safari Live - Day 76 PIPE...
Tandy has an uncomfortable belly cuz it's full of food or cuz the sore teats I'm Christine I don't think she's uncomfortable with her belly I think she's just uncomfortable in general in that other branch that she was on and I think she's just repositioning but I don't think that the full belly with the sore teats is helping the matter I do
Video examples
Tracking the Gray Wolf...
This pack's been suffering from that. This is a two-year-old. She bred this year-- we think from field observations-- so its teats are larger than normal. PHIL With the birth of each new cub, or the death of an elder, the pack's numbers fluctuate, so Doug's team has to track down these collared wolves again
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Soap Opera Dog PIPE Dog...
bark and it'd be crazy and then one day she was so crazy with it she actually fell in and it was her first kind of taste of the water all of a sudden she became like a water moccasin you know the head was just coming with his teats you know underneath and coming
Video examples
Robot Can Milk 70 Cows a...
a cow a brush system first cleans and sterilizing the teats with hydrogen peroxide to prevent any infection being passed on the orange brush then massages the cow's udder to encourage the production of the hormone oxytocin which
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 59 PIPE...
this is the mum you can actually see I'll don't lie down before she laid down you could see her her swollen teats there but they have not eaten I would say within the last sort of four or five
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Safari Live - Day 380 PIPE...
I think they were first seen at the beginning of this year oh I'm glad you guys I feel nice to be back with him I do too there was a bit of a teat swap there where one went down other one went
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Puppy Adopted By Cat...
they nametag teats with their own individual scent and return to it each time this simple rule maintains peace and harmony during feeding time but for dogs pack life requires fighting for
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Fostering Tiny Baby Rock...
to open up the pouch and then put my thumb and forefinger onto the teat wow there we go so small look at that tiny baby looks like a little embryo david it is
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Orphan Koala Plays with...
still pretty used to bath yeah but feeding Danny is not straightforward marsupial mouths are very delicate so the teats on the bottles have to be made
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Michael Pritchard: How...
Replace the top. Give it a few pumps. Okay? That's all that's necessary. Now as soon as I pop the teat, sterile drinking water is going to come out.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 76 PIPE...
Tandy has an uncomfortable belly cuz it's full of food or cuz the sore teats I'm Christine I don't think she's uncomfortable with her belly I think she's just uncomfortable in general in that other branch that she was on and I think she's just repositioning but I don't think that the full belly with the sore teats is helping the matter I do
Video examples
Tracking the Gray Wolf...
This pack's been suffering from that. This is a two-year-old. She bred this year-- we think from field observations-- so its teats are larger than normal. PHIL With the birth of each new cub, or the death of an elder, the pack's numbers fluctuate, so Doug's team has to track down these collared wolves again
Video examples
Soap Opera Dog PIPE Dog...
bark and it'd be crazy and then one day she was so crazy with it she actually fell in and it was her first kind of taste of the water all of a sudden she became like a water moccasin you know the head was just coming with his teats you know underneath and coming
Video examples
Robot Can Milk 70 Cows a...
a cow a brush system first cleans and sterilizing the teats with hydrogen peroxide to prevent any infection being passed on the orange brush then massages the cow's udder to encourage the production of the hormone oxytocin which
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 59 PIPE...
this is the mum you can actually see I'll don't lie down before she laid down you could see her her swollen teats there but they have not eaten I would say within the last sort of four or five
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 380 PIPE...
I think they were first seen at the beginning of this year oh I'm glad you guys I feel nice to be back with him I do too there was a bit of a teat swap there where one went down other one went
Video examples
Puppy Adopted By Cat...
they nametag teats with their own individual scent and return to it each time this simple rule maintains peace and harmony during feeding time but for dogs pack life requires fighting for
Video examples
Fostering Tiny Baby Rock...
to open up the pouch and then put my thumb and forefinger onto the teat wow there we go so small look at that tiny baby looks like a little embryo david it is
Video examples
Orphan Koala Plays with...
still pretty used to bath yeah but feeding Danny is not straightforward marsupial mouths are very delicate so the teats on the bottles have to be made
Video examples
Michael Pritchard: How...
Replace the top. Give it a few pumps. Okay? That's all that's necessary. Now as soon as I pop the teat, sterile drinking water is going to come out.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Gwen Moore
American Politician
I was once a welfare recipient and am very aware of the successes and failures of this critical safety net. There are those that would have us believe that those receiving TANF benefits are lazy, shiftless, freeloaders who are just sitting around thinking of another way to suckle from the government teat.
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William Shatner
Canadian Actor
We live in grief for having left the womb, for having left the teat, then school, then home. In my case, it was leaving marriages, and the death of my wife.
Quote examples
Gwen Moore
American Politician
I was once a welfare recipient and am very aware of the successes and failures of this critical safety net. There are those that would have us believe that those receiving TANF benefits are lazy, shiftless, freeloaders who are just sitting around thinking of another way to suckle from the government teat.
Quote examples
William Shatner
Canadian Actor
We live in grief for having left the womb, for having left the teat, then school, then home. In my case, it was leaving marriages, and the death of my wife.
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