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lactations

lactations is the plural of lactation.

Meaning of lactation

Noun

lactation (countable and uncountable, plural lactations)

  1. The secretion of milk from the mammary gland of a female mammal.
  2. The process of providing the milk to the young; breastfeeding.
  3. The period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young; a lactation period.

Questions about lactations

What is lactations the plural of?
Lactations is the plural of lactation.

Words near lactations in the dictionary

  1. lactation
  2. lactation station
  3. lactation stations
  4. lactational
  5. lactationally
  6. lactations
  7. lactator
  8. lactators
  9. lacteal
  10. lacteally
  11. lacteals

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lactations (page history and authors); lactation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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