(a) One who feeds from the breast, a suckling; also, one who draws something into the mouth by sucking; blod ~, a leech, bloodsucker [see also blod n.(1) 1b.(d)]; even ~, one suckled at the same breast, a brother or foster brother; rabetes ~, a sucking rabbit as food; (b) that which draws something toward itself; (c) as surname.