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feeding bottle

British  

noun

  1. Also called: nursing bottle.  a bottle fitted with a rubber teat from which infants or young animals suck liquids

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Nyakato alone drinks 12 litres of baby formula a day, drinking greedily when caretaker Onesmus Mutuza, 25, thrusts a feeding bottle into her mouth and squeezes.

From Reuters • Apr. 23, 2020

The painting reminds us, says Hanley, “of the prevalence of wet nurses during this period. The ‘modern’ infant feeding bottle was glass and invented in France in the 1850s.

From Washington Post • Aug. 22, 2018

But before the introduction of the feeding bottle in the 19th Century, women who were unable or unwilling to breastfeed turned to another option - a wet nurse.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2018

The closest thing to grief they've ever experienced was when the school guinea pig died in a tragic feeding bottle incident a few months ago.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2011

"He, I expect, makes himself heard on the feeding bottle," said lively Mrs. Smyth.

From A Romance of Toronto A Novel by Savigny, Annie Gregg