Shoat
//ʃəʊt// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A young, newly-weaned pig.
"Why, was not one animal of every kind – a calf, and a lamb, and a filly, and a shote – upon the place marked with little Moses's own brand?"
- 2 A sheep–goat hybrid (whether artificially produced or the result of animals from these species naturally intermating).
- 3 a young pig wordnet
Example
More examples"Why, was not one animal of every kind – a calf, and a lamb, and a filly, and a shote – upon the place marked with little Moses's own brand?"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English schote, of uncertain origin. Perhaps a special use of Middle English schote (“projectile, young shoot”), or perhaps of Middle Low German origin, cognate with West Flemish schote (“young piglet”).
Etymology 2
Blend of sheep + goat.
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