teat
teat
Definition
teat (tēt)
noun
- nipple (sense )
- any small projection like a teat
Etymology: ME tete < OFr < Gmc base akin to OE tit
teat
Synonyms
teat
n.
teat
Usage Examples
Possessives
- cow: Badger hunting, badger fat for cow's teats, better than goose fat.
- mother: Little piglets, still wet and smeared with mucus, scrabbled on the metal floor to find their mother's teats.
- sow: It is carried out to minimize damage to the sows ' teats and to the cheeks of other piglets in the litter.
Converse of object
- test: Testing the teats has been funding pan out they games on the.
- have: Those who have a very slow pulse teat is very weak may have itching on various parts of the body surface.
- use: Once the calves have learned to use the teats they move onto a barrel device.
- give: The tube can then be slipped over the blunted needle to give a fine teat.
Adjective modifier
- newborn: We found that she'd only drink from newborn, slow teats too.
- artificial: Give no artificial teats or dummies to breastfeeding infants.
- slow: Those who have a very slow pulse teat is very weak may have itching on various parts of the body surface.
Modifies a noun
- dip: After milking, a suitable teat dip should be applied.
- canal: Antibiotics to treat mastitis are painfully injected up the teat canal.
- pipette: The volumes are not critical - a single squirt from a teat pipette will be accurate enough.
- injury: Severe teat injuries, such as total teat amputation, are surprisingly common in dairy herds ( 43 ).
- damage: Inappropriate cubicle housing can reduce a cow's lying time which can predispose to lameness and may contribute to teat damage.
- spot: The belly to be white but teat spots permissible.
Noun used with modifier
- bottle: With two compartments the infant basket holds bottle collars and soothers in the upper compartment and bottle teats in the bottom basket.
- cow: Step 9 The milker then sprays the cows teats with a mild disinfectant to prevent any germs entering the teats.
- rubber: The bottles were glass with solid rubber teats that fitted into the bottle tops.
- flow: They come with a stage 1, slow flow teat, but we used the stage 2 teats.
