hoglet

noun

hoglet

noun

Etymology From hog + -let.

1

A baby hedgehog.

At birth, newborn hoglets are pink, blind, and completely helpless.2008, Michael Leach, Hedgehog, page 8:
In nature, hoglets that age would follow their mother out of the nest and learn from her how to procure food by digging in the ground.2018, Massimo Vacchetta, Antonella Tomaselli, A Handful of Happiness: How a Prickly Creature Softened a Prickly Heart, unnumbered page:

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If the hog parents develop the disease, you can be pretty sure the hoglets will too—even when they’re raised in different places, fed different diets, cared for by different owners.2021 August 12, Noelle Mateer, “Looks That Quill: The Dark Side of Hedgehog Instagram”, in Wired:

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