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# piglet

noun (a piglet, piglets)

«piglet» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A piglet is a baby pig. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piglet/#m1)
2. Piglet is the small, shy pink pig in the Winnie-the-Pooh stories (a name of a character). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piglet/#m2)

### In the lessons

In farm and science lessons piglets show life cycles and young animals: a mother pig (sow) can have about 10 piglets in one litter, and they drink her milk. In stories, Piglet is Pooh's anxious but brave friend. Phrases: «a litter of piglets», «the runt of the litter» (the smallest piglet).

### Examples

- The sow had twelve piglets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piglet/#x1)
- The piglets squealed as they ran to their mother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piglet/#x2)
- A litter of piglets slept in the straw. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piglet/#x3)
- The smallest piglet is called the runt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piglet/#x4)
- Piglet held Pooh's paw on the windy day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piglet/#x5)
- Piglets drink their mother's milk for a few weeks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piglet/#x6)
- We fed the piglets at the city farm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piglet/#x7)

### Note

Plural «piglets». The «-let» ending means small (like booklet, droplet). Animal family: boar (male), sow (female), piglet (baby). Capital P for the Pooh character.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «piglet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piglet/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«piglet» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/piglet.html) on Mova free.