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Non-nutritive suckling is defined as sucking behavior that is not involved in feeding.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, Boston Herald, 14 May 2024
Prices: Dinner appetizers $18 to $32, main courses $28 to $78, large-format dishes $170 to $600 (for whole suckling pig).
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
On the menu are ham croquettes, Segovian-style suckling-pig empanadas, seafood fritters, octopus and filet mignon.
—Darla Guillen Gilthorpe, Houston Chronicle, 22 Apr. 2020
Dishes like fatty ox tartare topped with white truffle shavings and wisps of blue cheese, slow-roasted suckling pig dotted with creme fraiche, and aromatic black rice infused with squid brought the bold flavors of Spain into sharp focus.
—Amy Tara Koch, chicagotribune.com, 6 Dec. 2019
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San Diego Union-Tribune, Boston Herald, 14 May 2024
Prices: Dinner appetizers $18 to $32, main courses $28 to $78, large-format dishes $170 to $600 (for whole suckling pig).
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
On the menu are ham croquettes, Segovian-style suckling-pig empanadas, seafood fritters, octopus and filet mignon.
—Darla Guillen Gilthorpe, Houston Chronicle, 22 Apr. 2020
Dishes like fatty ox tartare topped with white truffle shavings and wisps of blue cheese, slow-roasted suckling pig dotted with creme fraiche, and aromatic black rice infused with squid brought the bold flavors of Spain into sharp focus.
—Amy Tara Koch, chicagotribune.com, 6 Dec. 2019
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“Suckling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suckling. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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suckling
noun
suck·ling
ˈsək-liŋ 
: a young mammal still sucking milk from its mother
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