Piglet

//ˈpɪɡ.lət// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1
A young pig.
"Very little was this piglet, And of course was not a big pig,"
2
a young pig wordnet

Synonyms

pigling shoat barrow birdling boar bonham

Example

"He unfurled the flag and laid it on his bed so that he could roll his piglet in it."

Etymology

From pig + -let (diminutive suffix). Attested from 1855. Displaced Old English fearh.

Related phrases

guinea piglet moss piglet

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