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Lactating   /lˈækteɪtɪŋ/   Listen
Lactating

adjective
1.
Producing or secreting milk.  Synonym: wet.  "A wet cow" , "Lactating cows"  Antonym: dry.



Lactate

verb
1.
Give suck to.  Synonyms: breastfeed, give suck, nurse, suck, suckle, wet-nurse.  "You cannot nurse your baby in public in some places"  Antonym: bottlefeed.



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"Lactating" Quotes from Famous Books



... over large parts of the body, and frequently is seen only by searching through the pelage with a fine probe or dissecting needle. In both spring and autumn, molt seemingly is delayed in females that are pregnant or lactating. ...
— Geographic Variation in the Harvest Mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis, On the Central Great Plains And in Adjacent Regions • J. Knox Jones

... coincident over large parts of the body, and frequently is seen only by searching through the pelage with a fine probe or dissecting needle. In both spring and autumn, molt seemingly is delayed in females that are pregnant or lactating. ...
— Geographic Variation in the Harvest Mouse, Reithrodontomys megalotis, On the Central Great Plains And in Adjacent Regions • J. Knox Jones



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