pigletn.
/ˈpɪɡlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈpɪɡlᵻt/ A young pig.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > young
farrowa700
grice?c1225
piga1250
hogling1377
porketa1555
porkling1561
porkin1570
swine shoat1581
hog-babe1610
hoglet1611
pigling1612
piggy1625
gruntling1686
porkrel1694
piggy-wiggy1766
griceling1782
boneen1827
slip1832
piglet1839
slip-pig1844
squeaker1861
piggy-wig1870
snork1891
snorker1891
1839 Metropolitan July 255 There was a large supply of ducks and fowls..and a large pig with three piglets in the stye.
1883 R. Broughton Belinda I. i. iv. 66 The little piglets..toddle sweetly about.
1918 W. M. Kirkland Joys of being Woman xv. 176 Babies they are to her, all the little newly-borns of her farm, whether a pinky piglet, a calf that gambols awkwardly, [etc.].
1991 J. Phillips You'll never eat Lunch in this Town Again (1992) 49 My father stopped and I oohed and aahed over the piglets for awhile.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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