Library / English Dictionary

PIGLET

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A young pig

Synonyms:

piggy; piglet; shoat; shote

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("piglet" is a kind of...):

young mammal (any immature mammal)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "piglet"):

sucking pig (an unweaned piglet)

Holonyms ("piglet" is a member of...):

genus Sus; Sus (type genus of the Suidae)

Derivation:

pig (domestic swine)

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