1. young mammals that are still nursing or being fed milk by their mothers
Usage: plural form of suckling

Examples

• The mother pig lay on her side to feed her sucklings.
• The farmer separated the sucklings from the adult cattle.
• Wolf sucklings depend entirely on their mother’s milk for the first few weeks.
• The veterinarian examined all the sucklings in the litter.
• Sucklings are more vulnerable to disease than older animals.
• The zoo’s new elephant sucklings attracted many visitors.