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self-suckers

self-suckers is the plural of self-sucker.

Meaning of self-sucker

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

Questions about self-suckers

What is self-suckers the plural of?
Self-suckers is the plural of self-sucker.

Words near self-suckers in the dictionary

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

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