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Teat
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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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| teat (tiːt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. the nipple of a mammary gland |
| b. See nipple (in cows, etc) any of the projections from the udder through which milk is discharged | |
| 2. | something resembling a teat in shape or function, such as the rubber mouthpiece of a feeding bottle |
| [C13: from Old French tete, of Germanic origin; compare Old English titt, Middle High German zitze] | |
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Word Origin & History
teat
mid-13c., from O.Fr. tete "teat" (12c.), from P.Gmc. *titta (source of O.E. titt, see tit).
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teat  (tēt, tĭt) Pronunciation Key
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. |
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