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lactates

  • present tense form
    of lactate (3rd person singular).
    lactate
    verb (used without object)
    to produce milk.

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For example, the fallow deer — which is about the same size physically as a human — is pregnant for just seven months and lactates for six.

From Time ● Mar. 30, 2011