Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nursling
1 sense of nursling
Sense 1
nursling, nurseling, suckling -- (an infant considered in relation to its nurse)
=> baby, babe, infant -- (a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk; "the baby began to cry again"; "she held the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have your own baby it is all so different")