"lactant" meaning in English

See lactant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Latin lactans, present participle of lactare (“to suck”), from lac, lactis (“milk”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{lena}} Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} lactant (not comparable)
  1. lactating; producing milk. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-lactant-en-adj-zweByaa3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 64 36

Noun

Forms: lactants [plural]
Etymology: From Latin lactans, present participle of lactare (“to suck”), from lac, lactis (“milk”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{lena}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} lactant (plural lactants)
  1. A lactating mother; A mother who is suckling offspring.
    Sense id: en-lactant-en-noun-hFhXeWWz

Inflected forms

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