different between suckling vs luckling

suckling

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English sukling, sukeling, sokeling, equivalent to suck +? -ling. Cognate with Middle Dutch sogelinc (suckling), Dutch zuigeling (suckling), German Säugling (suckling).

Noun

suckling (plural sucklings)

  1. An infant that is still being breastfed (being suckled) by its mother.
  2. A young mammal not yet weaned and still being fed milk by its mother.
Related terms
  • -ling
  • suck
  • sucker
  • suckling calf
  • suckling pig
  • sucking reflex
  • suckle
  • suckler (suckler cow)
Translations

Etymology 2

From suckle +? -ing.

Verb

suckling

  1. present participle of suckle

References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

  • lung sick, sculking

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luckling

English

Etymology

From luck +? -ling.

Noun

luckling (plural lucklings)

  1. One favoured by luck or fortune.
    • 1876, Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher:
      And how excessive is the conceit likely to be of the few inordinately flattered lucklings of an hour, on a single day in July last, in Saratoga!
    • 2007, Greg Delanty, The Ship of Birth:
      Our little lambkin, waxwing, luckling, all the cordial choir are Noah-calling you now: [...]

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