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Synonyms for nipple

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Synonyms for nipple

the small projection of a mammary gland

a flexible cap on a baby's feeding bottle or pacifier

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Lesions on the head during the study period occurred when pigs were displacing each other from the feeder and nipple drinkers.
Water was also provided ad libitum from low pressure nipple drinker located on the wall of the pen.
The experimental birds were tagged for their proper identification and maintained in specially remodeled individual compartments each measuring 30x20x15 cm in French made multi-deck cages (equipped with separate nipple drinkers) placed in one of the well ventilated octagonal shape quail houses measuring 10.05x3.65x2.74 meter.
In commercial swine farms, there are many different types of watering devices, but the most common design is that of a nipple drinker installed at an angle of 90[degrees] to the wall.
Limited information is available on the effect of nipple drinker design on water disappearance.