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noun
The first milk drawn from an animal (especially a cow) after it has given birth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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Synonyms: beest, colostrum
Antonyms: none provided
noun
plural of beesting
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Old English bȳsting, derived from bēost, from Proto-West Germanic *beust.
