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self-sucker

self-sucker noun: a female farm animal which drinks its own milk.

Noun

self-sucker (plural self-suckers)

  1. (dated) A female farm animal which drinks its own milk.
    • It is worth while, therefore, to treat the self-suckers while they are giving milk.1886, The American Agriculturist, volume 45, page 54
    • It is generally the best cows that are self-suckers, the habit being due to the extreme pressure of milk causing pain.1901, The Agricultural Journal of the Cape of Good Hope, volume 18, page 31

Forms of self-sucker

pluralself-suckers

Questions about self-sucker

What does self-sucker mean?
Self-sucker means a female farm animal which drinks its own milk.
What part of speech is self-sucker?
Self-sucker is a noun.
What is the plural of self-sucker?
The plural of self-sucker is self-suckers.

Words near self-sucker in the dictionary

  1. self-stultifications
  2. self-stultifying
  3. self-styled
  4. self-suck
  5. self-sucked
  6. self-sucker
  7. self-suckers
  8. self-sucking
  9. self-sucks
  10. self-sufficiency
  11. self-sufficient

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