piglet

noun

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

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As of Tuesday, July 22, the property was home to eight show pigs, five sows, a boar and a litter of piglets. Hannah Poukish, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2025 Evan Streeter specifically remembers one crisp October morning last year when one of his sows was nursing a litter of 16 piglets. Arianna Albano, Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2025 In Wyoming, workers pled guilty to animal cruelty after they were exposed punching piglets and kicking them like soccer balls. Will Potter july 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025 Save for a few ear-piercing squeals, the day-old piglet happily took to bottle feeding and scurried around as several members of the Nashville Zoo veterinary team worked to weigh and examine him. Laura L. Davis, The Tennessean, 2 July 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 9 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

piglet

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

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