teat

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[edit] Etymology

French tette, which is of Teutonic origin and replaced Old English titt, which survives as English tit. Confer Dutch tiet and German Zitze, "teat".

[edit] Noun

Singular
teat

Plural
teats

teat (plural teats)

  1. The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted.
  2. An artificial nipple used for bottle-feeding infants.

[edit] Synonyms

  • (mammary nipple): tit
  • (artificial nipple): nipple

[edit] Translations

projection of mammary gland
bottle top
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