teat

[ teet, tit ]
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noun
  1. the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.

  2. something resembling a teat.

Origin of teat

1
1250–1300; Middle English tete<Old French <Germanic; see tit2

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British Dictionary definitions for teat

teat

/ (tiːt) /


noun
    • the nipple of a mammary gland

    • (in cows, etc) any of the projections from the udder through which milk is discharged: See nipple

  1. something resembling a teat in shape or function, such as the rubber mouthpiece of a feeding bottle

Origin of teat

1
C13: from Old French tete, of Germanic origin; compare Old English titt, Middle High German zitze

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Scientific definitions for teat

teat

[ tēt, tĭt ]


  1. 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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