1.  suckling(n = noun.person) sir john suckling - English poet and courtier (1609-1642); Array
is a kind of courtier, poet

2.  suckling(n = noun.person) nurseling, nursling - an infant considered in relation to its nurse; Array
is a kind of babe, baby, infant

3.  suckling(n = noun.animal) Array - a young mammal that has not been weaned; Array
is a kind of young mammal

4.  suckling(n = noun.act) lactation - feeding an infant by giving suck at the breast; Array
is a kind of alimentation, feeding

1.  A young child or animal nursed at the breast. [1913 Webster]

2.  A small kind of yellow clover (Trifolium filiforme) common in Southern Europe. [1913 Webster]

suckling, n. an unweaned child or animal.

N  infant, babe, baby, babe in arms, nurseling, suckling, yearling, weanling, papoose, bambino, kid, vagitus, child, bairn, little one, brat, chit, pickaninny, urchin, bantling, bratling, elf, youth, boy, lad, stripling, youngster, youngun, younker, callant, whipster, whippersnapper, whiffet, schoolboy, hobbledehoy, hopeful, cadet, minor, master, scion, sap, seedling, tendril, olive branch, nestling, chicken, larva, chrysalis, tadpole, whelp, cub, pullet, fry, callow, codlin, codling, foetus, calf, colt, pup, foal, kitten, lamb, lambkin, aurelia, caterpillar, cocoon, nymph, nympha, orphan, pupa, staddle, girl, lass, lassie, wench, miss, damsel, demoiselle, maid, maiden, virgin, hoyden, infantine, infantile, puerile, boyish, girlish, childish, babyish, kittenish, baby, newborn, unfledged, new-fledged, callow, in the cradle, in swaddling clothes, in long clothes, in arms, in leading strings, at the breast, in one's teens.

sir john suckling, suckling pig, suckling reflex