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Hogget

//ˈhɒɡɪt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A young colt or sheep of either gender from about 9 to 18 months of age (until it cuts 2 teeth). New-Zealand, UK

    "They were kept in separate flocks; first there were the hoggets, then the oldest of the younger lambs and lastly the very young ones all kept apart from one another […]"

  2. 2
    a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared wordnet
  3. 3
    The meat of a young sheep. New-Zealand, UK
  4. 4
    A young boar of the second year. UK

Etymology

From Middle English hogget, from Anglo-Norman hoget and an Anglo-Latin hogettus.

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