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lactating - 2 dictionary results

lac⋅tate

1[lak-teyt]
–verb (used without object), -tat⋅ed, -tat⋅ing.
to produce milk.

Origin:
1885–90; < L lactātus, ptp. of lactāre to suckle. See lact-, -ate 1
lac·tate 1   (lāk'tāt')   
intr.v.   lac·tat·ed, lac·tat·ing, lac·tates
To secrete or produce milk.

[Latin lactāre, lactāt-, from lac, lact-, milk; see lacto-.]
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