Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun suckling_reflex

1 sense of suckling reflex

Sense 1
suckling reflex -- (reflex behavior in newborn mammals; includes finding and grasping the nipple in the mouth and sucking on it and swallowing the milk)
       => reflex, reflex response, reflex action, instinctive reflex, innate reflex, inborn reflex, unconditioned reflex, physiological reaction -- (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus)