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noun

piglet

PIHG-luht
noun
1
A baby pig.
"The sow gave birth to eight piglets overnight."

How to Use Piglet

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA young pig.

Word Forms

piglets plural

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Etymology

From "pig" plus the diminutive ending "-let", first recorded in the mid-1800s.

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