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teat  (tt, tt)

n.

A nipple of the mammary gland; a mamilla.

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[Middle English tete, from Old French, of Germanic origin.]

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teated adj.

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teat [tiːt]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy)

a.  the nipple of a mammary gland

b.  (in cows, etc.) any of the projections from the udder through which milk is discharged See nipple

2. something resembling a teat in shape or function, such as the rubber mouthpiece of a feeding bottle

[from Old French tete, of Germanic origin; compare Old English titt, Middle High German zitze]

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teat  (tt, tt)

A small projection near the center of the mammary gland of many female mammals that contains the outlet of the milk ducts. Each teat contains a single milk duct, while nipples each contain more than one.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

teat - the small projection of a mammary gland mamilla, mammilla, nipple, tit, pap reproductive organ, sex organ - any organ involved in sexual reproduction mammary gland, mamma - milk-secreting organ of female mammals

Translations

teat [tiːt] N [of bottle] → tetina f; [of animal] → teta f

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teat [ˈtiːt] n → tétine f

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teat

n (of animal) → Zitze f; (of woman) → Brustwarze f; (Brit, on baby’s bottle) → (Gummi)sauger m

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teat [tiːt] n (of bottle) → tettarella; (of animal) → capezzolo

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teat

n teat [tiːt]

the part of a female animal's breast or udder through which milk passes to the young; the nipple. tiet, speen حَلَمَة الثَّدي цицка bradavka, struk dievorte die Zitze θηλή teta nisa, rinnanibu نوک پستان nisä mamelon, trayon פִּיטמָה चूचुक, स्तनाग्र sisa, bradavica na sisi mellbimbó puting susu geirvarta mammella 乳首 젖꼭지 tešmuo pups puting tepel spene, patte sutek teta sfârc сосок bradavka; vemeno, cecok sesek bradavica spene หัวนม (ของผู้หญิง) meme başı 乳頭 сосок پستان کا سرا đầu vú 乳头