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suckers

noun

Meaning

  1. A person or animal that sucks, especially a breast or udder; especially a suckling animal, young mammal before it is weaned.
  2. An undesired stem growing out of the roots or lower trunk of a shrub or tree, especially from the rootstock of a grafted plant or tree.
  3. (by extension) A parasite; a sponger.
  4. An organ or body part that does the sucking; especially a round structure on the bodies of some insects, frogs, and octopuses that allows them to stick to surfaces.
  5. A thing that works by sucking something.
  6. The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket.
  7. Any thing or object.
  8. A person.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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