piglet
noun
a little pig.
piglets
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pluralof piglet.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Beguiled by photos of teensy piglets, she chose the runt of the litter—a tiny, shivering nugget for $350.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
Also known as water bears and moss piglets, tardigrades sport blobby physiques, lumbering gaits and perfectly circular mouths stuck in the middle of their otherwise-featureless faces.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2024
On Clarkson's Farm, he has shown an interest in doing what he can to make his holding ecologically sound and was visibly upset when piglets were inadvertently killed by their mother.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2024
They introduced these virus suspensions drop-by-drop into each nostril of the piglets and monitored them for 5 days to see whether they displayed any symptoms, including changes in body temperature.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 18, 2024
People brought her their sick piglets and their lame horses, their coughing children and fretful babies.
From "Wishtree" by Katherine Applegate
