teat

American  

[teet, tit] / tit, tɪt /

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.

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teat British  

/ tiːt /

noun

1. 1. the nipple of a mammary gland

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

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

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teat Scientific  

/ 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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Etymology

Origin of teat

1250–1300; Middle English tete < Old French < Germanic; tit ²

Example Sentences

An early advertisement for his endeavors appeared in a Connecticut newspaper above notice of a reward for a lost cow with “a white face and large teats.”

From The Wall Street Journal

That suggests mechanical transfer during milking, when a separate cup is put on each teat.

From Science Magazine

He said there was no longer any way of sterilising their milk and bottle teats to the required standard.

From Reuters

When the little cow ran to its mother to drink milk, my mom would let it suck from two teats, and she would milk the other two teats.

From Literature

Witch hunting guides from the middle ages referred to it as the “devil’s teat” and claimed only witches had one.

From Scientific American

Related Words

• bosom
• chest
• nipple