farrow
Sow's newborn group
A farrow is a litter of pigs.
The verb means to give birth to piglets: The sow farrowed twelve piglets last night.
Pig farmers track farrowing rates and manage farrowing pens where sows give birth.
The word applies specifically to swine, not other livestock.
Young swine offspring
shoat · weanling · runts · runt · offspring · progeny · nursing · weaning
Implant in earth
- giltCovered with gold
- boarUndomesticated male swine
- hogsPigs, or monopolizes
- swineDomestic porcine animals
porcine · pigpen · sty · pigsty · trough · wallow · snout · trotters
Act of giving birth
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- contractionsShortened word forms
- nestingMaking a dwelling
afterbirth · placenta · umbilical · newborn · natal · postpartum · gestation · maternal
Reproductive cultivation of organisms
- inseminationIntroducing sperm for conception
- estrusOvulatory mating phase
- ovulationEgg discharge from ovary
- fertilityCapacity for reproduction
genetics · pedigree · crossbreeding · purebred · selection · herd · livestock · veterinary
piglets
Young swine offspring
weaner · shoat · weanling · runts · runt · offspring · progeny · nursing · weaning · fostering
sow
Implant in earth
swine · porcine · pigpen · sty · pigsty · trough · wallow · snout · trotters · rooting
parturition
Act of giving birth
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- contractionsShortened word forms
nesting · afterbirth · placenta · umbilical · newborn · natal · postpartum · gestation · maternal · nursing
breeding
Reproductive cultivation of organisms
- inseminationIntroducing sperm for conception
- estrusOvulatory mating phase
- ovulationEgg discharge from ovary
fertility · genetics · pedigree · crossbreeding · purebred · selection · herd · livestock · veterinary · free-range
- pigssow, boar, hog, swine, piglet
- animal husbandrybreeding, sire, dam, stud, captive breeding
- animal younglitter, brood, clutch, hatch, fry
- young animalspuppy, puppies, kitten, kittens, chick
- animal reproductionmating, give birth, fertilization, copulation, spawning
- young pigspiglets, piglet, suckling pigs, suckling pig