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SHOAT
piglet, piggy, shoat, shote
(noun) a young pig
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Of unknown origin. Perhaps cognate with West Flemish schote ‘young piglet’.
Noun
shoat (plural shoats)
A young, newly-weaned pig.
Synonyms
• piglet
Etymology 2
Noun
shoat (plural shoats)
A geep, a sheep-goat hybrid (whether artificially produced or the result of animals from these species naturally intermating).
Anagrams
• Athos, HATOs, HOTAS, Shota, has to, hoast, hosta, oaths, shota
Source: Wiktionary
Shoat (shot), n.
Definition: A young hog. Same as Shote.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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