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noun
Alternative form of shoat (“young pig”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
A fish resembling the trout, the grayling (Thymallus thymallus).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal, obsolete
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noun
a young pig
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: piglet, piggy, shoat
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Broader terms: young mammal
Narrower terms: sucking pig
History
From Old English sceota (“trout”).
