piglet
noun/ˈpɪɡ.lət/
Etymology From pig + -let (diminutive suffix). Attested from 1855. Displaced Old English fearh.
1
A young swine, one not yet mature.
- Near-synonyms: shoat, porkling, porklet, porket
- Very little was this piglet, And of course was not a big pig,1855 December 10, “Mother Goose in Trochaics”, in Buffalo Morning Express, Buffalo, NY, page 4:
- Derived terms
- guinea piglet, moss piglet, niglet, niglette