teat Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the small projection of a mammary gland
    pap; mammilla; tit; mamilla; nipple.

WordNet

Teat noun
Etymology
OE. tete, titte, AS. tit, titt; akin to LG. & OD. titte, D. tet, G. zitze: cf. F. tette, probably of Teutonic origin.
Definitions
  1. The protuberance through which milk is drawn from the udder or breast of a mammal; a nipple; a pap; a mammilla; a dug; a tit.
  2. (Mach.) A small protuberance or nozzle resembling the teat of an animal.

Webster 1913