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pig·let

 (pĭg′lĭt)
n.
A young pig.
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piglet

(ˈpɪɡlɪt)
n
(Animals) a young pig
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pig•let

(ˈpɪg lɪt)

n.
a little pig.
[1880–85]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.piglet - a young pigpiglet - a young pig        
young mammal - any immature mammal
genus Sus, Sus - type genus of the Suidae
sucking pig - an unweaned piglet
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Translations
varkie
خِنَّوْص، خِنْزير صَغير
sele
pattegris
porsas
חזרזיר
odojakprase
kismalacmalac
grís
prašiček
kulting
domuz yavrusu

piglet

[ˈpɪglɪt] Ncerdito m, lechón m, chanchito m (LAm)
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piglet

[ˈpɪglət] nporcelet m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

piglet

, pigling
nFerkel nt
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piglet

[ˈpɪglɪt] nmaialino, porcellino
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

pig

(pig) noun
1. a kind of farm animal whose flesh is eaten as pork, ham and bacon. He keeps pigs.
2. an offensive word for an unpleasant, greedy or dirty person. You pig!
ˈpiggyplural ˈpiggies noun
a child's word for a (little) pig.
adjective
like a pig's. piggy eyes.
ˈpiglet (-lit) noun
a baby pig.
piggybackpickabackˌpigˈheaded adjective
stubborn. a pigheaded idiot.
ˌpigˈheadedness noun
ˈpigskin noun, adjective
(of) a kind of leather made from the skin of a pig. Her purse was (made of) pigskin.
ˈpigstyplural ˈpigsties, ~ˈpigstyes noun
1. a building in which pigs are kept.
2. a dirty, untidy place. This room is a pigsty!
pigswillswillˈpigtail noun
a plait usually worn at the sides of the head. She wears her hair in pigtails.
pigs might fly
said of something very unlikely to happen. `We might have fine weather for our holidays.' `Yes, and pigs might fly!'
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References in classic literature ?
You will also become acquainted with Jim the Cab-Horse, the Nine Tiny Piglets, and Eureka, the Kitten.
The Wizard took eight tiny white piglets from an inside pocket and set them on the table.
He initially started by buying pregnant gilts and rearing the piglets to baconer weight in eight months.
Congenital tremor is a sporadic disease, also known as "dancing" or "shaker pigs", seen in new-born piglets, and usually affecting more than one piglet in a litter.
Tardigrades, also known as moss piglets, are less than a millimetre long.
The piglet, owned by Alma Guioguio-Esterado, has a female sex organ and testicles but doesn't have a penis.
The piglet looked quite happy with his new home - trying to get closer to the officer as he called him a "good boy" and told him to "hold on".
Cops saved the piglet in Coventry, near the junction of Kenilworth Road and Gibbet Hill Road.
Officers tweeted about the incident last night, saying: "Our officers saved this plucky piglet from a busy road yesterday morning.
He started with ten piglets. He bought all 10 and sold these when the piglets reached more than three months.
The influence of the condition of the umbilical cord at birth on the vitality of a newborn piglet. Biotechnol.
The surgery was performed after a bladder stone was preventing Piglet from being able to pass water.