piglet

noun

pig·​let ˈpi-glət How to pronounce piglet (audio)
: a small usually young swine

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At the dawn of the new millennium, science was turning a corner: US researchers cracked the human genome; a biotech company successfully cloned five piglets; and McDonald’s started serving salad in a cup. Wilder Davies, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 June 2025 Don’t blink when two-month-old piglets — such as the aforementioned Harry Potter namesakes, as well as Luke Skyporker, Strawberry and Bob — fly over hurdles around the track. Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 16 June 2025 Rather than focusing on lead characters, the show is built around a collection of wooden pieces— such as cats on vacuum cleaners, flying piglets, geometric shape – which are used to tell new stories each time, much like a child reaching into a toy box. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 2 June 2025 Three piglets have vanished from a controversial Denmark art exhibit in which they were deprived of food and water as a form of protest of mass meat production. Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for piglet

Word History

First Known Use

1859, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of piglet was in 1859

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“Piglet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piglet. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

Kids Definition

piglet

noun
pig·​let ˈpig-lət How to pronounce piglet (audio)
: a baby pig

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