Teat - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Teat :  (noun)

1: the small projection of a mammary gland [syn: nipple, mammilla, mamilla, pap, tit]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Teat : \Teat\, n. [OE. tete, titte, AS. tit, titt; akin to LG. & OD. titte, D. tet, G. zitze: cf. F. tette, probably of Teutonic origin.] 1. The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the udder or breast of a mammal; a nipple; a pap; a mammilla; a dug; a tit.

2. (Mach.) A small protuberance or nozzle resembling the teat of an animal.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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