Word Meaning 哺乳

ほにゅう honyuu

哺乳 is read as ほにゅう (honyuu) and means suckling.

Meaning

English

  1. suckling
  2. nursing
  3. lactation

Reading

Kana

ほにゅう

Romaji

honyuu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

哺乳類

ほにゅうるい

mammal

哺乳児

ほにゅうじ

infant at the breast

哺乳期

ほにゅうき

lactation period

哺乳綱

ほにゅうこう

Mammalia

哺乳器

ほにゅうき

baby's bottle

哺乳器官

ほにゅうきかん

mamma (milk-secreting organ of female mammals)

哺乳形類

ほにゅうけいるい

Mammaliaformes

哺乳類学

ほにゅうるいがく

mammalogy

哺乳類型爬虫類

ほにゅうるいがたはちゅうるい

mammal-like reptile

日本哺乳動物卵子学会

にっぽんほにゅうどうぶつらんしがっかい

Japanese Society of Mammalian Ova Research

ちち

breast

牛乳

ぎゅうにゅう

(cow's) milk

Example Sentences

10

ほにゅうびんをいやがって、ぼにゅうしかのまない。

the baby refuses the bottle and will only nurse from the breast.

Humans are mammals.

A whale is a mammal.

A dolphin is a mammal.

Whales are classified as mammals.

Boil the milk bottles.

A dolphin is a kind of mammal.

A bat is not a bird, but a mammal.

Dolphins and whales are mammals.

The whale is a very large mammal which lives in the sea.