BREAST-FED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does breast-fed mean? 

• BREAST-FED (adjective)
  The adjective BREAST-FED has 1 sense:

1. (of an infant) fed milk from the mother's breast

  Familiarity information: BREAST-FED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BREAST-FED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of an infant) fed milk from the mother's breast

Similar:

nursed; suckled ((of an infant) breast-fed)

Antonym:

bottle-fed ((of an infant) given milk from a bottle)

 Context examples 

Jaundice in an otherwise healthy breast-fed newborn.

(Breast Milk Jaundice, NCI Thesaurus)