"milk sister" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: milk sisters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} milk sister (plural milk sisters)
  1. A female milk sibling. Categories (topical): Breastfeeding, Female family members Synonyms: milk-sister Translations (female milk sibling): sœur de lait (French), Milchschwester [feminine] (German), دۄدٕ بیٚنہِ (dọdụ beni) [feminine] (Kashmiri), collactia (Latin), conlacticia (Latin), collactea (Latin), collacticia (Latin), conlactia (Latin), collactanea (Latin), conlactea (Latin), soră de lapte [feminine] (Romanian)

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