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noun
A weaned piglet; any piglet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: more at piglet
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: porcine, suidian, suilline, mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
noun
A sheep–goat hybrid (whether artificially produced or the result of animals from these species naturally intermating).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: geep
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: caprine, caprid, bovid, ungulate, mammal, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
noun
a young pig
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: piglet, piggy, shote
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: young mammal
Narrower terms: sucking pig
History
From Middle English schote, of uncertain origin. Perhaps a special use of Middle English schote (“projectile, young shoot”), or perhaps of Middle Low German origin, cognate with West Flemish schote (“young piglet”).
Blend of sheep + goat.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
