shoat
Newly weaned hog
A shoat is a young pig that has been weaned but isn't yet mature—roughly between piglet and adult hog.
The word appears mainly in farming contexts: The shoats were fattening nicely in the pen.
Also spelled shote.
Young swine
- sucklingUnweaned infant mammal
- weanerRecently weaned animal
- farrowSow's young, collectively
- litterScattered waste or debris
nursery · grunter · oinker · rooter · porker · weanling · suckling pig · runt
Unweaned infant mammal
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- lactationMammary gland secretion
- separationState of being apart
- transitionChange from one state
weanling · solids · growth · development · mothering · independence · maturation
Implant in earth
- boarUndomesticated male swine
- hogSwine, or monopolize
- swineDomestic porcine animals
- snoutBeast's protruding face
trotters · bristles · oink · grunting · rooting · wallowing · pigskin · piggery
piglet
Young swine
litter · nursery · grunter · oinker · rooter · porker · weanling · suckling pig · runt · gilt
suckling
Unweaned infant mammal
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- lactationMammary gland secretion
- separationState of being apart
transition · weanling · solids · growth · development · mothering · independence · maturation
piglet
Young swine
foal · chick · gosling · duckling · poult · weanling · fry · fingerling · cub · fawn
sow
Implant in earth
snout · trotters · bristles · oink · grunting · rooting · wallowing · pigskin · piggery · swill
sty
Pig enclosure
husbandry · piggery · herd · pasture · barnyard · paddock · livestock · raising · fattening · finishing
landrace
Regionally adapted traditional stock
- spottedSeen or patterned
- domesticated animalscow, dogs, pig, cats, horses
- baby animalspuppy, kitten, chick, chicks, duckling
- young animalspuppy, puppies, kitten, kittens, chick
- livestockcow, cows, cattle, bull, bulls
- informal terms for pigpiggy, hog, porker, oinker, piglet
- wild pigswild boar, wild pig, feral pig, feral hog, boar
- shooting starBurning debris in atmosphere
- shoot downattack from below
- shoot upIncrease suddenly and steeply
- shoot meDischarge weapon at me
- shooting downEliminating or rejecting forcefully
- shoot one's shotAttempt something uncertain boldly