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teat

[ teet, tit ]

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the protuberance on the breast or udder in female mammals, except the monotremes, through which the milk ducts discharge; nipple or mammilla.
something resembling a teat.

teat

/ �پ�ː�� /

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

teat

/ ��ŧ��,��ĭ�� /

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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Origin of teat¹

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

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Origin of teat¹

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

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

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