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lactating

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lac·tate 1  (lktt)
intr.v. lac·tat·ed, lac·tat·ing, lac·tates
To secrete or produce milk.
[Latin lactre, lactt-, from lac, lact-, milk; see lacto-.]
lac·tate 2  (lktt)
n.
A salt or an ester of lactic acid.
[lact(o)- + -ate.]
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Adj.1.lactating - producing or secreting milk; "a wet nurse"; "a wet cow"; "lactating cows"
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